60%+ finals

[crowslayer91]

<p>there are plenty of classes at Cal where finals a worth a hefty portion of your grade or where the finals come equipped with special clauses</p>

<p>ex:
* if you do better on the final than the midterm(s), replace your midterm grade with the final grade
* replace HWs+ quizzes + participation + every other random thing but the midterm w/ your final grade
* "if you do especially well on the final, i will take that into consideration if you're borderline"
etc.</p>

<p>Q1: what's the highest (effective) weight a final has held in your college career so far?
Q2: how do you all feel about classes with these special circumstances? it's harder to "guess" what your grade will be overall since so much can change b/c of that one test. </p>

<p>Finals are almost over! Yay</p>

[Waiting4College]

<p>1) 90% as of this semester…(but only 60% if i did worse on the final than the midterm)</p>

<p>2) im mixed too about this…its ice if you didnt do so hot on a midterm, but on the other hand its scary that 3 hours of the entire semester can count for 4 units of your semester GPA</p>

<p>i have 5 finals this week…done with only 2 got three left and havent even started studying for my 7 pm cumulative final tomorrow…ugh.</p>

[KevRus]

<p>I find that finals don’t usually change my grade. I always get the same grade I had going into the final. Which I guess is a good thing.</p>

<p>I’ve never taken a final that was too huge a percentage of the final grade. I’ve had a few classes with the opposite sort of “special circumstances” (i.e. classes where if you fail the final you fail the class).</p>