grade grubber
Score-obsessed student
A grade grubber is a student who obsesses over grades to an annoying degree, pestering teachers for extra credit, arguing over partial points, and prioritizing marks over actual learning.
The term is dismissive, suggesting someone more concerned with transcript optics than genuine intellectual engagement.
Every class has at least one grade grubber who emails the professor about every lost point.
The related verb is grade grub.
One exceeding all expectations
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
- obsessiveConsumed by fixation
relentless · persistent · insistent · entitled · calculating · strategic · desperate · stressed
Optional work for higher grades
- pointsUnits of tally
- appealFormal review request
- complaintExpression of discontent
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
bargaining · justification · entitlement · manipulate · persuade · haggling · negotiating · begging
Cumulative academic score
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- examsFormal academic tests
- assignmentsAllocated duties or tasks
- marksVisible signs or grades
curve · rubric · scores · percentile · academic record · honors · dean's list · cumulative
Favored student
- sycophantServile praise-giver
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
- apple polisherOne who ingratiates obsequiously
- kiss-upFawning flatterer for gain
overachiever
One exceeding all expectations
- perfectionistOne demanding flawlessness
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- competitiveDriven by rivalry
obsessive · relentless · persistent · insistent · entitled · calculating · strategic · desperate · stressed · neurotic
extra credit
Optional work for higher grades
pleading · bargaining · justification · entitlement · manipulate · persuade · haggling · negotiating · begging · pestering
GPA
Cumulative academic score
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- examsFormal academic tests
- assignmentsAllocated duties or tasks
marks · curve · rubric · scores · percentile · academic record · honors · dean's list · cumulative · average
teacher's pet
Favored student
- sycophantServile praise-giver
- brownnoserServile flatterer seeking favor
- apple polisherOne who ingratiates obsequiously
kiss-up · valedictorian · gunner · tryhard · keener · swot · premed
- teacher's petsapple polisher, brown noser, suck up, favorite, teacher's pets
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
grade grubberlifelong learner
One who never stops studying
intellectual · autodidact · curious mind · scholar · deep thinker
grade grubberslacker
Idle responsibility evader
underachiever · coaster · dropout · class clown · burnout
grade, grub, grades, graded, grading, grader, gradation, gradient, gradual