Do you suck at predicting grades?

[xeemzor]

Right after finals, I always seem to think that my grades are going to be awful and every semester I think I'm going to get .5 points lower than I actually do. Do you find this to be a common occurrence, or am I alone in my underestimations?

 

[Leros]

I generally have a pretty good view on what my grades are going to be. The only time I'm wrong is when I do poorly on a final but so does everybody else, so there is a curve and I end up with a better grade than I thought.

 

[nageov3t]

I just do my best and don't really think about it.

 

[TecHNooB]

After the first 2 semesters, I've been pretty spot on. Sometimes, the curve is overly generous.

 

[frostedflakes]

Curves FTW.

I usually end up with about what I expect, but if I'm off it's usually a bit better than I guessed.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Always try to get 100% + extra credit before the finals and it has never failed me. Generous allowance to bomb during finals FTW!

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: WhoBeDaPlaya
Always try to get 100% + extra credit before the finals and it has never failed me. Generous allowance to bomb during finals FTW!

QFT.

 

[potato28]

I usually guess 10% lower than what it really is...

 

[PlatinumGold]

almost every term of my college career, i would look at the syllabus, decide which grade i want (a or b) then find the minimum required to get that grade and do it.

i rarely didn't get a grade i was expecting.

it drove my professors nuts because they all wanted me to do my best. :roll:

one of my profs actually docked me for lack of effort.

 

[Finalnight]

since i work best under pressure, I either start out strong at the start of the semester, then drop the ball in the middle and ramp back up at the end or I screw the start up and improve through the rest of the semester.

Worked so far, and I am usually within 1 grade increment on my predictions, ie +/-.

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
almost every term of my college career, i would look at the syllabus, decide which grade i want (a or b) then find the minimum required to get that grade and do it.

i rarely didn't get a grade i was expecting.

it drove my professors nuts because they all wanted me to do my best. :roll:

one of my profs actually docked me for lack of effort.

Yeah, my spanish prof hates me for that. I said I wanted a B and didn't care about the class at the start of the semester, so I ace one thing then get a C or a D on the next. lol. I think she will dock me from a B to a B- to spite me.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: WhoBeDaPlaya
Always try to get 100% + extra credit before the finals and it has never failed me. Generous allowance to bomb during finals FTW!

Well, duh. Why would strive for anything less than perfect before the finals.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: WhoBeDaPlaya
Always try to get 100% + extra credit before the finals and it has never failed me. Generous allowance to bomb during finals FTW!

unless your entire semester is based on one final exam ...

 

[Analog]

I post all of my grades bi-weekly, so that students like you don't whine or wonder what they're getting. Its plain as day. I tell students that if they don't know their grade and where they stand, its their own damn fault.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: RKS
unless your entire semester is based on one final exam ...

That's why I don't like the British system as much

 

[xeemzor]

Originally posted by: Analog
I post all of my grades bi-weekly, so that students like you don't whine or wonder what they're getting. Its plain as day. I tell students that if they don't know their grade and where they stand, its their own damn fault.

Sadly, most teachers that I have had don't do that. Pretty much the only teachers that do that at the school I used to go to were the CS Profs.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: WhoBeDaPlaya

Originally posted by: RKS
unless your entire semester is based on one final exam ...

That's why I don't like the British system as much

That's domestic; not British.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: xeemzor

Originally posted by: Analog
I post all of my grades bi-weekly, so that students like you don't whine or wonder what they're getting. Its plain as day. I tell students that if they don't know their grade and where they stand, its their own damn fault.

Sadly, most teachers that I have had don't do that. Pretty much the only teachers that do that at the school I used to go to were the CS Profs.

Same at my school.

But, it's not too hard to keep track of your grades yourself. I do it in all my other classes just fine.

 

[MyThirdEye]

I'm terrible at predicting my grades. I usually think that I did terrible, and I usually do moderately ok.