<p>I don't know if I'm doing it right or not,but I think you suppose to add the grades up you got on your assignments and then divide by the number of assignments they are. Am I right?</p>
<p>It depends on how the assignments are weighted. If they all count the same yes. Sometimes a teacher might consider some assignments more important than others, in which case the calculations are more complicated.</p>
<p>so the only way to get a sense of what my grades are to ask my professors?</p>
<p>The grading criteria should be on the syllabus… </p>
<p>At this point since I only have a month left is it just best for me to ace the Exam portions?</p>
<p>Well it would depend. Suppose the exam counted for 80% of the grade, and the assignments for 20% - a 100 on the exam and a zero on all the assignments would give you an 80% for the course. But if you reverse the weighting it would probably be more worth your while to make sure the last month of assignments were stellar.</p>
<p>Honestly though is one month enough time to pull my grades up?</p>
<p>I think first of all you need clear concept about your assignment. For this you can talk to your teacher. Then base on the information you got from your teacher calculate your result.</p>
<p>Alex, how could we possibly know? How many assignments have you had so far? How many more are there? Do you actually understand the material? The best would be to ace the assignments and the final exam, if it’s not too late to pull of a half-way decent grade. Are you asking because you are trying to determine whether to withdraw from a course? Really, you should talk to the professor about your concerns. </p>
<p>I would try to analyze ongoing grades. Where do to get low marks? Homework assignments? Tests? Quizzes? </p>
<p>If you have trouble in one area (for example, I frequently forget to turn homework on time, but I am good at quizzes), see what percentage of your grade corresponds to this area. If less than 10% - don’t bother. </p>
<p>There are three ways you might be able to calculate your own grade:
- If there is an online Course Management System like Blackboard, there’s probably a tab where it will show you your current grade.</p>
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<li><p>Look at your syllabus. Typically, the grading portion will either be set up as percentages (Exams 50%, Paper 25%, Homework 15%, Class participation 10% etc) or points (Exams 500 out of a possible 1000 points, etc.). Points are easier to calculate, but with percentages, you simply work out the average of each section and then cmopute that percentage as weighted. For example, if your exam average comes out to 80 out of 100% and exams count as 50% of your grade, then your exam weighting equals 40 out of 50. Add that to your score for paper, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>Talk to your professor. How would strangers on the internet know whether you can salvage your grade? But with a month to go, unless you’ve done pretty much nothing so far, whatever effort you put in now can only help. Talk to the professor.</p></li>
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<p>And good luck!</p>
<p>you should probably retake middle (elementary?) school math if you can’t average your grades</p>