<p>hey all!
ok this question might sound silly, but in my defense im a freshamn :)</p>
<p>ok here is the thing, back in high school, if you received multiple B's on exams the chances of you getting a B in class was quite high. you would get an A if you did great on everything else [multiple factors towards total grade]</p>
<p>here in college, i find things are rather different [obviously] and that grades are based more on exams and all. My question is this: Are the chances of getting an A [A- ==> A+] pretty high if you revive B+'s on exams.</p>
<p>What I am trying to say is, what is the impact on your total grade in college.
i understand it varies per class, but im asking in a general way.</p>
<p>If you need more clarification, please let me know :)</p>
<p>Biology is mostly based on exams. Quite a number of upper division bio classes are 2 midterms and a final or a midterm and a final and thats it.</p>
<p>Get good at test taking. You’ll get far with it in general.</p>
<p>Look at the syllabus grade breakdown. But in a general sense, the final tends to be worth ~30%+ for a class. That basically means in order to get an A in the class, you’ll need an A on the final. I always found it ok to have a ~B+ average on everything else, esp if the final is worth 60% of my grade. </p>
<p>Since I just said that, you can tell that the majority of classes are heavily weighted towards exams (midterms+final).</p>
<p>college curves have saved me many times. in my experience if you are at least passing, youll get a boost up from curves if your professor curves.</p>
<p>some harder classes like physics 2b have crazy curves. my friend told me if you get 30% on a quiz, that is passing. lol</p>
<p>for physics 2a, i had dudko and her curve was not as crazy as that i think it was like 60% or 50% was a C. but there usually is a curve for 2a, just not as generous as 2b</p>