How do I email a professor about a grade politely?
Use the course code in the subject line, three short paragraphs, and one specific question. Say who you are, state the question with the feedback line you are asking about, then name the next step and the date that matters.
Use the course code in the subject line, three short paragraphs, and one specific question. Say who you are, state the question with the feedback line you are asking about, then name the next step and the date that matters. Do not attach the whole essay unless asked, do not call the mark unfair, and make it easy to answer in two lines.
Two habits make the difference between an email that gets answered and one that sits there. Send it from your university account, with your student number under your name, so the professor can find you in the class list without a search. Then expect roughly a working-day turnaround rather than an immediate reply, and if you drafted it while still annoyed, leave it an hour before sending. If a formal window closes within two days, do not rely on email at all: go to the office hour or the department counter, because a date on a form does not wait for an inbox.