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Where the hell do you go to school?yoshikart wrote: he also said he's generous and so students typically receive grades one higher than they deserve
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No, it doesn't. Let's say the score for a B+ is up to 85, an A- is 86-90 and an A is 91+.yoshikart wrote:won't be contesting the B+. more the unpublished, opaque grade breakdown that somehow allowed a B+ to drag down 2 certifiable A's on exams. For that to happen wouldn't the paper need to be worth 50% of the grade, and that just doesn't sound right (esp. because he didn't say the paper was worth that much).
Now let's say the weights are 45% for each exam and 10% for the paper.
If you scored 91 for each exam (minimum for A) and 85 for the paper (maximum for B+), your average grade is 0.45*91 + 0.45*91 + 0.10*85 = 40.95+40.95+8.50 = 90.40, which is an A-.
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--ImageRemoved--yoshikart wrote:but I scored 2nd out of 60... if my performance on the exams was @ the minimum for A's, then everyone else must've been royally screwed.
No. Depending on how parts are weighted and what score differentiates what grade, you could have gotten 100% correct on each exam, gotten the bare minimum for a B+ on the paper, and still end up with an A- overall. I'm too lazy to calculate another hypo, but that doesn't require a 50% weighting.
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LOL, the administration isn't going to burn your professor because your AAB+ got you an A-. Professors are allowed to use discretion.yoshikart wrote:ok it doesn't require 50% weighting we agree. But it's still really opaque and it could be worth a challenge to determine that his dislike played no role, no?
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Besides, in most circumstances I'd expect AAB+ to become A-Desert Fox wrote:LOL, the administration isn't going to burn your professor because your AAB+ got you an A-. Professors are allowed to use discretion.yoshikart wrote:ok it doesn't require 50% weighting we agree. But it's still really opaque and it could be worth a challenge to determine that his dislike played no role, no?
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Exactly. That averages to a 3.78. Which is closer to A- than A.dingbat wrote:Besides, in most circumstances I'd expect AAB+ to become A-Desert Fox wrote:LOL, the administration isn't going to burn your professor because your AAB+ got you an A-. Professors are allowed to use discretion.yoshikart wrote:ok it doesn't require 50% weighting we agree. But it's still really opaque and it could be worth a challenge to determine that his dislike played no role, no?
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LOL. TITCR.yoshikart wrote:won't be contesting the B+. more the unpublished, opaque grade breakdown that somehow allowed a B+ to drag down 2 certifiable A's on exams. For that to happen wouldn't the paper need to be worth 50% of the grade, and that just doesn't sound right (esp. because he didn't say the paper was worth that much).
he also said he's generous and so students typically receive grades one higher than they deserve. when I asked him about the grade breakdown and how his generosity works, he told he's done talking about it.
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