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10-20-2010, 04:50 PM #1
Am I Screwed??
So I'm curious to know if I'm screwed for this class or not. We had an exam last week, and I got an 80. BUT...the class average was a 50. Now the professor grades by the average or mean, so the top 10 get A's, next 15 get B's and so on. The thing is, if the average is a 50 (and there are 200+ kids in my class) what do you think he would set the average as? Since its a 50 would the average be a C+ or C ad I get an A??
The thing that scares me is that there are now 50-70 kids in my class. So the kids who stayed either scored above the average or got A's and B's like me, so that means the next average on the exam will be a 70 or higher. I really want an A in this class, because I scored 30 grade points higher than the average kid in my class on the last exam."Life is to short to drive a slow car"
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10-20-2010, 04:58 PM #2
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I believe it's called a bell curve, I have this problem in my evolutionary biology course. First test I got an A, class average was a 60. A month down the road class size dropped from 150 to around 50. Don't worry about it, a curve can only help you, not hurt you. So if you make a A/B on your next test and the class average is an A/B that doesn't mean you now have a C. It just means you have a much smaller curve, so your grade won't go up as much.
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10-20-2010, 05:05 PM #3
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I always hated that bullshit. As leadfarmer says, you're not fucked, but it's a lame grading system and teachers that employ it are really lame.
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10-20-2010, 05:30 PM #4
yup with ten dildo's sideways without lube Sorry had to say it!!! I would have no idea if you were or not!!
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10-20-2010, 06:11 PM #5
But a bell curve wont go individually does it? As in if he adds a 10 point curve to the overall average, I will benifit just as much as anyone else. But yeah, if I have an A average, I guess it wont help. Its actually a decent way of grading, because your looking at he overall average. I think with the exception of me, my friend, and maybe a few other kids, the average sucked. The T/A was like if you guys got 60 or 70 instead of 80 and 90, the average would be a 30 or high 20's. The reason its a 50 is primariley because of the top 10 scorers in class.
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10-20-2010, 08:27 PM #6
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10-20-2010, 08:53 PM #7
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10-20-2010, 09:38 PM #8
are those numbers a percentage? Such as the class average was a 50%?? If so you're surrounded by some dumbass people. How does that many in a class work out to a 50% average on a test? Less partying and more studying needs to be done.
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10-20-2010, 10:16 PM #9
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Last edited by LeadFarmer; 10-20-2010 at 10:18 PM.
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10-21-2010, 05:06 AM #10
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10-21-2010, 06:30 AM #11
Sounds like an educational version of "spread the wealth around"
That usually works out real well.
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10-21-2010, 06:32 AM #12
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10-21-2010, 06:39 AM #13
Why would I say that? If the class average was a 50, then the average grade would be a C. He cant fail 170 out of like 220 student. So that means an 80 in this case is an A not a B. Since I scored nearly 3 full letter grades (30 grade points) above the average, I am in the top 10 percentile. The only thing I am scared about is that the next average will be a 70 or higher, so a high 70/low 80 will remain a C+/B and not an A. Thats why I HATE such curves. If the class average is low then a bulk of the kids drop out and only the ones who passed remain in class, thus increasing the average of the next exams and preventing a big curve.
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10-21-2010, 06:41 AM #14
It wont if your a straight A student or really smart. An A is an A not matter what. The only time it will help is if you have a B+ then it will boost you up to an A. The thing I dont like is that I got an "average score" (80) on this exam. I just got lucky that a bunch of the class failed. So the next time I get an 80 or 83, it wont count as an A, it will remain a B.
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10-21-2010, 06:45 AM #15
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