<p>For A, B, B+, B, C+, and C.</p>
<p>It’s certainly a Bell curve, but they didn’t reveal details to us last year. Here’s some criteria based on comparing grades with my friends:</p>
<p>The curve for a C is HUGE. People who scored slightly above average or average on all the exams and did decent on the final received the same grade (a C) as people who marginally failed the exams and bombed the final. If you score a little more above average on the exams you can get a C+. If you’re really smart and do well on all exams, and very well on the final, you can get a B. Nobody I know got an A, but I’m sure very few people did. I don’t know anybody who failed either, if you completely bomb everything and miss the quizzes I’m assuming you’d fail.</p>
<p>Even if you did poorly on the first two exams, you have a chance on the final to get a good grade. To be honest I have no idea how the curve was bizarre.</p>
<p>thanks,
but how were your quiz, hw, and performance/attendance grades?</p>
<p>What do you mean by “If you’re really smart and do well on all exams, and very well on the final, you can get a B.” It doesn’t make any logical sense. I got a 95 on both exam 1 and 2, and I if I get another A on the final, I will have a B?</p>
<p>Nonsense.</p>
<p>six flags, you will get an A. There is no way you will get a B if you continue getting the grade you have on the final .</p>
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<p>I don’t remember my quiz grades, but they were nothing extraordinary. HW grades were good. I went to all lectures and recitations, so I’m assuming anything that went toward attendance I got full credit for. They’re really insignificant compared to how much the exams are weighed.</p>
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<p>I was kind of in a rush when typing that, my bad if it wasn’t clear enough. You’re definitely a good candidate for an A. I had one friend who scored well above average on all exams and still got a B. Perhaps they look at your quiz grades or Dr. Hove’s “attendance quizzes” to bump you up or down a grade. I had friends who failed the final exam, like getting a 65/200 or 50/200 when the average was ~120/200, yet they still received C’s. This being said I have no clue how the grades are distributed. They could possibly inflate the lower grades and deflate the higher grades. </p>
<p>Just keep up your good work for the final!</p>
<p>Thanks. I’m nervous though because i haven’t been going to the lectures because i thought dr. hove was just bluffing when he said he would give quizzes. i’m estimating that my final grade percentwise would be in the 80s. </p>
<p>This is getting me nervous now because I really want an A… Anyway, thanks for the info!</p>
<p>I found this on the sakai page from last year, right after they released final exam scores. I’m not sure how useful it is:</p>
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<p>They definitely did NOT go by those guidelines, they were more lenient. It even says that there is no set-in-stone point system. My advice is to just keep doing your best and you will be rewarded :)</p>
<p>Ah, thank you, drexeler. I’m just wondering; what was the point range for A? I picked up some word that it was 87.</p>
<p>I don’t know. What I posted was the last sakai announcement, all I saw after that was my final exam grade in the gradebook and my course grade on myrutgers. We were never sent criteria for point distributions. I really hope the entire chemistry department isn’t this unorganized.</p>
<p>So I assume that your final can either bump you up or down. In that case, I believe I still have a chance if I’m in the B+ range.
what’s the average for the final btw (and other stats for your year)? The average for the first and second midterms were 66.7 and 51.8 respectively. Go figure. The curve has got to be low to some extent.</p>
<p>When I took it last year I believe the cut off was like a 84 for an A, I know at the very least a 88 is an A lol</p>