<p>I have had a terribly disorganized community college class. Tomorrow is the final. The online grade book says that we currently have 411 points, including the final. I asked if an A would start at 94% of the 411 points, and the instructor said no. The syllabus says that all of our grades are based on weighting, but the instructor has not yet done the weighting. I asked her what my current grade in the class is and she said that she wouldn't know until after the final because she will do the weightings after the final. Is this fair? Is this legit? This is my first experience with this type of grading. It seems so subjective . . .</p>
<p>Umm, thats how a lot of the classes in college are, you are compared to the rest of the class. If you get 94%, but the rest of the class gets 97%, then you will probably get a low grade. In retrospect, if you have a 70% and the rest of the class has lower than 60%, I will assume you do quite well. It's called a curve.</p>
<p>Well, she did the weighting. She ended up giving us zero percent weighting on a 150 point assignment. What was the point of that?? Why bother having us do an assignment and then give it zero weight? I think it is bizarre, but I guess professors can do what they want.</p>
<p>Did the whole class do poorly on the assignment? It's odd for a professor to drop an assignment for EVERYONE, but yeah, a professor can do whatever they want with grades.</p>
<p>No, everyone had full credit for the assignment, but the assignment was NOT listed in the syllabus, only on the supplemental assignments sheet. In other words, without it, everyone dropped down. The weighted grades put the class at 70% for the average, so there are some pretty unhappy people.</p>