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Pseudo hijack:

I have found the best way to avoid some of the grading variance is to go talk to your professor/TA with a draft of your paper. They can read it over and tell you what they think you should change.

I have had pretty good experiences, never really bombing a first paper (at least not yet).

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You would be surprised how much instructors like this. If students come to me with a draft it means:

1)they have finished a draft in time to actually revise it

2)they care enough about the class to come to office hours (I'm usually sitting there alone)

3)they are going to incorporate the feedback I give them into the paper

If a student comes to me for help with a paper, I don't know if he/she has ever received below a B. But this might be because it is the good students coming in for help to begin with....