<p>Wow. I just got an email from my professor about my course syllabus. </p>
<p>HW=15%</p>
<p>midterm=35%</p>
<p>finals=50% </p>
<p>Is this normal? I kinda feel like I can easily get ****ed over by any mistakes.</p>
<p>welcome to college</p>
<p>lol yeah.. this is normal. yours isn't too bad, actually. I just took a class last session and the break down was like this.</p>
<p>Midterm 40%</p>
<p>Final 60%</p>
<p>etti you took the words out of my mouth :P</p>
<p>Yeah I took Philosophy 7 in Summer Session A with similar score breakdowns. The mid-term and final were take-home essays so it wasn't that bad. Got 100% for homework, A- on midterm, B+ on Final. Ended up with an A- in the class.</p>
<p>That's about right, usually it's give or take 10 percent on the final and midterms.</p>
<p>hahah! ive had several classes as 60% final and 40% midterm... or how about this! last quarter i had a class where if u didnt take the optional midterm, your whole grade would be based on the final -- 100% =D</p>
<p>Engineering can be forgiving at times. They usually have a "late bloomer" policy where if you don't do well on midterm, and if you do well on the final, your final grade overwrites the midterm (essentially a 40-60% final can become a 100% final).</p>
<p>My senior design class had to present our design project to Chevron and the department. We didn't have fun compiling our report, it was around 30mb long and 200 pages if I remember right. The project was pretty much 100% of your grade. Felt good turning it in and not having to look back. </p>
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<p>Well, I guess with the break down, its possible to procrastinate right? I mean for those classes that are 60%final and 40%midterm, people only study twice a quarter right?</p>
<p>If you want to avoid unneeded stress and unnecessary all-nighters, study as you go and you will feel much better. Don't let procrastination become your academic demon.</p>
<p>Procrastination may be an academic demon, but he's a demon who brings vodka.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>15% HW is A LOT. I had the optional midterm with 100% for the Final. I found the midterm to be ****ING EASY. The final was a tad harder. But thats almost all finals I guess.</p>
<p>that doesn't seem that odd to me... and i'm in high school... what sort of grading is everybody else getting in high school? i mean, homework + tests... what else is there really to grade? i mean, the nice teachers, i get a participation thing once in a while, but it's not the usual..</p>
<p>Well, in my old college, we usually have 3 tests, 10 quizzes and one final determining our grade. It's still all tests, but we have more chances to make up for mistakes.</p>
<p>in HS it was like 5-10% final exam and like 80% homework -_-; rest is quizzes// tests</p>
<p>^lol. People can pass those classes just by copying HW.</p>
<p>^ The good old days.</p>
<p>Word Bank!</p>
<p>For me in HS it was like 10-20% hw/projects, ~40% tests, 25-40% final. (and occasional BS participation points)</p>