Andrew33 Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 32% on my General Chemistry II Midterm... It was curved... -sob- Needless to say, I ended up with a B+ in that class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC_Ma Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 first year physics, got 33% on the midterm... worth 10% of the overall mark. I came back with a solid 93% in the course (teacher had to give lots of bonus marks + scaling the final like crazy, lots of my friends got 100% in that course in the end!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC_Ma Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 LOL. The one and only course I ever dropped. I almost stayed in it too! I figured out that I needed 97% on the final to get an 85 (anything lower drops my gpa so whats the point) and I was actually gonna go for it. Then the prof told me the exam was half short-answer. Dropped it like its hot. Good thing too cause according to my friends the final was murder. But now I feel so liberated knowing that theres no advantage for me to carry a full course load anymore. Oh ok that's the course that ruined your chance of using that sexy uoft formula! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirop Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 34%. Calculus II. Don't want to ever look back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj89 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 62% Calc I midterm #1. 100% midterm #2. 70% final... the prof curved the marks, posted them, and i had an A-... then i think the dean came down on him hard and he had to re-work the marks... brought me down to a B+... boy was i ever disappointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recoil Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 First year physics, term test on Waves. I think I got something like 46% after curve. Thank God the grading scheme was such that we could drop our lowest (of 4) term test mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Rock Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 25%, Calculus IV (Math 317 at UBC, I think). That was the sign that I needed to drop that course and just take the W. I remember Martha Piper talking about how it's worth failing a class and that you need to test your limits. I thought to myself, "Ah, to test my limits.... lim(D-Rock|Advanced calc|)--> F; screw that" But I stuck with my inorganic chem (201), and surely failed my final exam but still wound up with a 54%. And now I have a biochemistry degree! Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman101 Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I think I just finished my worst midterm yet. It was hard, but possible. Problem is I completely underestimated it so yea, pwnage. I started writing out impossible math problems and jokes on the paper to amuse the TA marking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawberriHoney Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 i got 78 on my last midterm... its developmental biology which isnt that bad if you look at the mark by itself.. but based on the class's grading scheme, i currently have a C+.. its 94 for an A and even if they scale our mark, the best i can get is a B-... since the class average around 76... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 how come our school never curves the marks for tests? they only curve the marks at the end and that has happened only for one of my courses till now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreaM Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 how come our school never curves the marks for tests? they only curve the marks at the end and that has happened only for one of my courses till now As far as I know, I never had any of my grades curved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Newbie Noobie question: What is curving? I've done two mid terms so far and they are 71 and 76%. I was totally crushed but I'm working like mad to make up for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takashi Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Newbie Noobie question: What is curving? I've done two mid terms so far and they are 71 and 76%. I was totally crushed but I'm working like mad to make up for them. Basically the class marks are changed according to some normal distribution centered on an average they decide. For example, assuming your 71% was in the top 1% of grades and the class average was very low (e.g. 40%)), your mark will be bumped up so that your mark will remain in the top 1% percentile (e.g. now 90 instead of 71) while the average is now higher. This rarely happens in life science courses in my experience (except brutal physics tests) and often occurs in engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charmer08 Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 As far as I know, I never had any of my grades curved. so which schools are famous for curving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Basically the class marks are changed according to some normal distribution centered on an average they decide. For example, assuming your 71% was in the top 1% of grades and the class average was very low (e.g. 40%)), your mark will be bumped up so that your mark will remain in the top 1% percentile (e.g. now 90 instead of 71) while the average is now higher. This rarely happens in life science courses in my experience (except brutal physics tests) and often occurs in engineering. Yeah, it really occurs when profs are unable somehow to actually create a fair test. Then they pull out this sort of "magic" to correct everything in the everyone's eyes. Trouble is that a) class averages are rarely normalized in the first place so most way prof's correct things are not valid When tests get truly bad your placement has so little to do with your actual level of understanding that the shifting is almost random c) lets professors think they can continue to create crappy tests as they can just "correct" them in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I got at 63% in my very first university mid-term - Economics, which was my main major at the time. It was worth 10%. Thought I studied for it and everything, but obviously was missing some key concepts. Ended up with a 90+ in the course after seriously amping up my studying. So you can start out badly and end up ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnussey Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I got at 63% in my very first university mid-term - Economics, which was my main major at the time. It was worth 10%. Thought I studied for it and everything, but obviously was missing some key concepts. Ended up with a 90+ in the course after seriously amping up my studying. So you can start out badly and end up ok I did poorly on my first econ exam as well--I reviewed the exam before the final and ended up with an A+ because the prof used the EXACT same exam for the midterm and the final! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Basically the class marks are changed according to some normal distribution centered on an average they decide. For example, assuming your 71% was in the top 1% of grades and the class average was very low (e.g. 40%)), your mark will be bumped up so that your mark will remain in the top 1% percentile (e.g. now 90 instead of 71) while the average is now higher. This rarely happens in life science courses in my experience (except brutal physics tests) and often occurs in engineering. Thanks a lot. Lots clearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bones Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 I always love these kinds of threads. I once got a solid 31% on an analytical chemistry midterm. Ended the course with an A-. It helps when your final exam is changed so as to become worth 100% of your mark! And of course, I've had my fair share of bad marks in midterms and finals throughout undergrad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 36% on Quantum Mechanics II. I had pretty much aced the first semester of QM but screwed up badly because I got stuck on a proof and due to poor time management (only 50 minutes for the exam) screwed up on everything else. Without scaling, I ended up with 78% in that course (B+) so it was somewhat salvaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooty Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 I got 50% midterm in Advanced Genetics in 4th year, ended up getting a 78 in the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman101 Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 Bombing the final exam counts too right? I went into my Stats final with a 96 and came out with a 85 . And thats an 85 AFTER the belling up that the prof did. Considering the final was worth 40%, my guess is I got ~65 on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w8kg6 Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 LOL, I think I've got you all trumped. I got a 22% on my final in first year bio lab (which was a bird course, btw). It was the last exam, in the last slot, in the second semester, and all I wanted to do was go and get drunk (actually, I got drunk while I was in the exam). I finished in 30 minutes, which is the amount of time you're required to stay for, and was the first person done in the entire gym. I've gotten more serious about school since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC_Ma Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 LOL, I think I've got you all trumped. I got a 22% on my final in first year bio lab (which was a bird course, btw). It was the last exam, in the last slot, in the second semester, and all I wanted to do was go and get drunk (actually, I got drunk while I was in the exam). I finished in 30 minutes, which is the amount of time you're required to stay for, and was the first person done in the entire gym. I've gotten more serious about school since. ouch, what did you get for the course then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 LOL, I think I've got you all trumped. I got a 22% on my final in first year bio lab (which was a bird course, btw). It was the last exam, in the last slot, in the second semester, and all I wanted to do was go and get drunk (actually, I got drunk while I was in the exam). I finished in 30 minutes, which is the amount of time you're required to stay for, and was the first person done in the entire gym. I've gotten more serious about school since. Wow, yeah that takes the cake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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