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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
On December 25 2009 07:32 Caller wrote: i had a test that was 55% of my grade you guys got nothin' on that That's some bullshit. Although what was the format, that makes a huge difference. | ||
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
On December 25 2009 09:06 Hypnosis wrote: That's some bullshit. Although what was the format, that makes a huge difference. 10 % bullshit question 10% easy math question 20% graphs 60% proofs | ||
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DeathByMonkeys
United States742 Posts
On December 25 2009 07:51 cUrsOr wrote: High school does not adequately prepare students for college these days, even if you did really really well. They keep lowering the bar for the morons and it affects people who do want to go to college and succeed. Before I started college I had to learn all HS Algebra over the summer, because the College Prep Interactive math I was taking, WOOPS only taught us Trig/Statistics/etc. It was great in some ways but screwed me in others. I can be naive and hope they will upgrade HighSchool courses in this country but that would be dreaming. GL in college to you all. This... Except I did manage to have decent math at my HS (got a 5 on the AP Calc) | ||
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DeathByMonkeys
United States742 Posts
On December 25 2009 07:39 skronch wrote: my digital signal processing final this semester was 70% of my grade What was this "digital signal processing" class like? I'm taking Music Signal Processing this semester. | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
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DefMatrixUltra
Canada1992 Posts
On December 25 2009 07:43 Kentor wrote: lol this is so standard man. it's usually 5-8 questions 30-40% of your whole grade. unless your school is UCSD in which you get like 25 multiple choice problems that are all from some physics book (the physics book ucb uses) But yeah I got my first 4.0 this semester and it's my second year. I'm done with all the English and GE bullshit so I didn't have that stuff to worry about. I lolled at the UCSD comment. I would be utterly shocked if any of my physics finals were anything under 30%. The norm is 40-50%. My EM exam was 4 hours, 4 questions, 40% of my grade (possibly 45%?). All my other physics exams were 3 hours, 4-5 questions. | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17733 Posts
dropped chem, f in calc, d in bio and a in ugc -_- 1.417 gpa fuck | ||
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Klockan3
Sweden2866 Posts
On December 25 2009 07:32 Caller wrote: i had a test that was 55% of my grade you guys got nothin' on that lol, we have the final being 100% of your grade on almost every course, and then it is usually 5-10 questions. But then the tests looks like this: http://courses.theophys.kth.se/SI2380/tentamen-20091217.pdf Anyway, I don't really understand why they would give grades for handins. When I TA courses I notice a huge disparage between what they can do on the handins and what they can do on the much easier tests. Every student who tries to do the handins passes it, while roughly half the students fails on the small quizzes so most of those are done by groups and not individuals or they are just copying other solutions from examples in the book or something like that. What's for sure is that what they hand in is not a good representation of what they know though. | ||
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BanZu
United States3329 Posts
On December 25 2009 07:51 cUrsOr wrote: High school does not adequately prepare students for college these days, even if you did really really well. They keep lowering the bar for the morons and it affects people who do want to go to college and succeed. Before I started college I had to learn all HS Algebra over the summer, because the College Prep Interactive math I was taking, WOOPS only taught us Trig/Statistics/etc. It was great in some ways but screwed me in others. I can be naive and hope they will upgrade HighSchool courses in this country but that would be dreaming. GL in college to you all. My AP classes were perfect as preparation :/ | ||
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Hypnosis
United States2061 Posts
On December 25 2009 09:18 Caller wrote: 10 % bullshit question 10% easy math question 20% graphs 60% proofs hahah so they really expect you to spend some time i guess :D.. fuck! | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
I just finished my first semester, only grade I know so far is an A- in the required writing class. Shitty class ftl, I'm satisfied with the A-, just glad I don't need to deal with it anymore... | ||
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Dknight
United States5223 Posts
On December 25 2009 12:18 Klockan3 wrote: lol, we have the final being 100% of your grade on almost every course, and then it is usually 5-10 questions. But then the tests looks like this: http://courses.theophys.kth.se/SI2380/tentamen-20091217.pdf Anyway, I don't really understand why they would give grades for handins. When I TA courses I notice a huge disparage between what they can do on the handins and what they can do on the much easier tests. Every student who tries to do the handins passes it, while roughly half the students fails on the small quizzes so most of those are done by groups and not individuals or they are just copying other solutions from examples in the book or something like that. What's for sure is that what they hand in is not a good representation of what they know though. That's true by itself but you have to take everything else into consideration. Most schools require at least two grades so the midterm/final is a huge chunk of the grade. Other professors require attendance, pop quizzes, or essays. As a history major (I rarely take any tests, all essays for me!), I only had to take three science courses and a math course. None of the courses had any handins but were all tests with a ten page essay for one of them. | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On December 25 2009 07:32 Caller wrote: i had a test that was 55% of my grade you guys got nothin' on that I had one that was 65%, but it was pretty easy. | ||
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Dknight
United States5223 Posts
On December 25 2009 11:49 Ilikestarcraft wrote: i bombed my first semester so badly dropped chem, f in calc, d in bio and a in ugc -_- 1.417 gpa fuck Shouldn't be playing all that SC and posting on TL you thread killer! | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17733 Posts
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duckett
United States589 Posts
On December 25 2009 12:40 BanZu wrote: My AP classes were perfect as preparation :/ took plenty of ap's (14) and uni courses, still wasnt prepared and got boned for much of first semester. a lot of it is attitude... | ||
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lazz
Australia3119 Posts
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
Oh well. | ||
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MountainDewJunkie
United States10344 Posts
After getting a 40% on a memorable Calculus midterm freshman year, I told myself I was going to dick around anymore. As such, I believe the keys to at least a 3.0 gpa for people with poor study habits like me are as follows: - go to class - don't skip class - be in class - don't sleep in class - don't doodle in class - go to class - go to class - ask the professor for help during his office hours (they're never as "evil" as you think) ----(note: I've noticed that the more you talk with your professor, the more likely they'll bump up your final grade, maybe a little more partial credit on an exam here and there  )- go to class I haven't improved my free-time study habits, so what I do is I stay on campus before, between, and after classes, and bust out as much work as I can stand, because I know as soon as I get home, I'll say, "Eh, I'll do it later... Hey computer!... Okay, time to get serious... Hey, I'll text a friend and see what they're doing tonight!... Holy crap, it's almost midnight... What? The OSL Ro8 is tonight? Awesome!" It's the only way for me to survive... and it's working great this year (fourth year)! | ||
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ghostWriter
United States3302 Posts
But yeah, the best thing to do is to go to class, pay attention, take good notes and then reread them at the end of the day to make sure you absorbed the information. Then as the semester goes along, if you know that you're forgetting something, go back in your notes and refresh your memory. It will take a lot of time, but it's worth it when finals week comes around. | ||
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