Reply #140: I never directly challenge a grade, I will ask a TA why I got said grade

[Hippo_Tron]

And how I can get a better one. On one occasion the TA raised my grade a bit after a second reading.

I think the appropriateness of challenging a grade depends on context. I was in an econ class this semester and there were about 300 students between the two sections. Tests had a large amount of written material. I know some people that challenged their grades simply because it was possible that out of 300 exams with written work on them it's possible that the TAs made a mistake. I almost did this but decided that the one or two points I could've gotten back weren't worth my time or the TA's time.