<p>The highest grade was an 88%... How, I don't know.</p>
<p>The mean is a 34. And I got a 72. I still can't believe how come I did so well. LOL</p>
<p>We can correct our mistakes and get back half the points we lost.</p>
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<p>I've always felt that there is a huge spread of students at Cornell. The best students at Cornell are as good as it gets anywhere but there is a sizable chunk of students who aren't quite as good as the students in peer institutions (hence, why Cornell is judged to be less selective). But, I've met some really brilliant students here.</p>
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<p>It is important to keep this in mind -- in terms of absolute numbers there are just as many high performing Cornell students as there are at places like Princeton. They are just diluted by more "above-average" students.</p>
<p>In a lot of respects this reflects Cornell's educational philosophy -- that they are more willing to take a chance on a student than most other top universities. A lot of very high performing Cornell students didn't always have the best high school GPAs or SAT scores.</p>
<p>Either way you are getting a fantastic education. And in another year you will find that your study skills and analytical abilities are much improved.</p>
<p>If you something to inspire you as you trudge from prelim to prelim, keep in mind that the challenges facing this country today are daunting. And it is only with your hard work that we might ever be able to overcome them. And no, there will not be any easy Wall Street money for a long time.</p>
<p>I could be wrong but the median average in this course is a B according to the Registrar, so I doubt the median will be a D/F or even C. Plus, this appears to be a math course for engineers at least based of the title Calculus for Engineers so if I were an engineer major I wouldn't be shocked with the arduous courseload. Anyway, good luck with those taking the course. Oh yeah, Wall Street sucks ass right now so people should be considering other careers right now at least I am.</p>
<p>I'd really really appreciate if someone can send me a scanned version of the prelim through e-mail. PM me for my e-mail address if you'd be so kind as to oblige. Thanks.</p>
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<p>the mean was like a 36</p>
<p>now obviously it will be curved</p>
<p>How about the Chem 2090 prelim? Some of these professors are sadists</p>
<p>i think our chem 2070 prelim was harder, ive seen urs and ours from last yr. And this was pretty hard...</p>
<p>Last year's Chem 2090 prelim (the one online) was a joke compared to this year's. I'm really skeptical that the prelim they posted online was actually the one they gave last year, considering how easy it was. It was basically the homework problems. This year's prelim was a whole different story.</p>
<p>The chem 2090 prelim this year was loads harder than 2070.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the 2070 one was harder. All my engineer friends and I agree that 2090 wasn't as difficult as expected, while everyone has been talking about how the 2070 one was just killer.</p>
<p>2070 was difficult!!!</p>
<p>(just so you know...)</p>