I just finished an anatomy and physiology course, and an A was gauranteed if you followed three conditions: you came to class, you came to all the tests and put your real name on the scantrons, and you didn't piss the teacher off.
A line from his opening speech went like this... For my true/false questions, its almost always true cuz I have a hard time writing believable lies, and every other question is always all of the above.
A line from his opening speech went like this... For my true/false questions, its almost always true cuz I have a hard time writing believable lies, and every other question is always all of the above.
I didn't take this class, but there was a professor that had a class where the average was a 3. If you got a 3, you got a C. A B was a 4, and an A was a 5. You got those grades as long as you wrote a paper on how you would never tell anyone that you took his course.
Well... I had a class in which the first test I took I made a 69. Normally I never make that bad of a grade, and I can't remember the last time I did. The next test I made a 92 on, and then the next was a 97. I ended up with an A, and she didn't drop the lowest score. I believe that 69 was actually a 85, so I was a bit happy!
How does the curve work? I've heard lots of different things, but people can't make up their minds!
T/F tests can be so ridiculously evil if a professor is good at making them and wants them to be difficult. After last semester I now prefer essay questions over T/F questions.
Organic Chem test...I think around a 35-40 was a C. First semester final grades ended up being curved somewhere around 20 points, I think.
I actually have a professor for management, of all classes, who was able to design an absolutely devilish test, the hardest T/F test I've ever taken.
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Originally posted by: Jmman
My Calc III class was pretty brutal. On the two major exams (20% of your grade) the average was around 40%. Some students got less than 20% on both exams. The curve was pretty extreme.....
I just have the other extreme case.
I got my calc iii midterm today, i got 56/60, but that is the class avg.
I have to admit it was ridiculously easy.
Originally posted by: UncleWai
Originally posted by: Jmman
My Calc III class was pretty brutal. On the two major exams (20% of your grade) the average was around 40%. Some students got less than 20% on both exams. The curve was pretty extreme.....
I just have the other extreme case.
I got my calc iii midterm today, i got 56/60, but that is the class avg.
I have to admit it was ridiculously easy.
Who do you have for Calc III?
with most of the curves I've dealt with, the professor decides that the average test grade = a B, and increases/decreases all the grades to reflect that reality.
alternatively, there's the devil curve, where the professor decides that, say, in a class of ten students, 2 students will get A's, 4 will get B's, 2 will get C's, 1 will get a D, and 1 will get an F. this type of curve is determined by the student with the highest grade. even if you have an 80 in the class overall, you could end up with an F if that 80 happens to be the lowest in the class.
I've never known any college professors to use the devil curve, but I've heard some horror stories and my French 4 teacher in high school used it. one person in the class had a 107... he got a major beatdown at the end of the year
agreed. I couldn't stand T/F tests (or even multiple choice tests).
for Honors Bio, junior year of college, the teacher gave all multiple choice tests. but almost always, there'd be 4 possible choice, then 1 choice to select more than one of the above and another choice to select either all or none of the above.
during the middle of our final, I raised my hand and asked him if he sold his soul to the Devil
Originally posted by: loki8481
with most of the curves I've dealt with, the professor decides that the average test grade = a B, and increases/decreases all the grades to reflect that reality.
alternatively, there's the devil curve, where the professor decides that, say, in a class of ten students, 2 students will get A's, 4 will get B's, 2 will get C's, 1 will get a D, and 1 will get an F. this type of curve is determined by the student with the highest grade. even if you have an 80 in the class overall, you could end up with an F if that 80 happens to be the lowest in the class.
I've never known any college professors to use the devil curve, but I've heard some horror stories and my French 4 teacher in high school used it. one person in the class had a 107... he got a major beatdown at the end of the year
Out of the professors Ive had that have curved, half curved the class avg to a 70, and the other half curved the highest grade to a 90.
I just got my final grade for VB and it was a 71% = A. I think that is the most extreme curve ive had so far.
Marketing... the final exam was on the entire book of 22 chapters... hell I just studied the previous tests and midtterm. I'm sure I got like 40% right, and I got a A.
I heard about it before hand, and that hearsay the average was 20/100, so I was like $hit! All multiple choice.
I heard about it before hand, and that hearsay the average was 20/100, so I was like $hit! All multiple choice.
I remember getting a 24% = C once in a multivariable calculus class.
Lowest A I got was about 65% in Organic Chem
Lowest A I got was about 65% in Organic Chem
P-chem tests were always really bad on the scores. Worst ever was when the top person scored a 22%, and that was a graduate student taking the class for fun!
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