Writing Sample

You are a first-year PA student who just finished taking a final exam. Your exam performance was much lower than the class average score for the exam. You felt that you studied sufficiently for the test and attended every class. A few of the test questions seemed to focus on minutiae instead of what the professor emphasized in class. Your grade is one percentage point below achieving a “B” on the exam. You also hear one of your classmates discussing an exam study guide that a group of your classmates received before the exam. The study guide came from a second-year student mentor in the program.

How would you approach this situation with the course director? Please construct an email to the course director.