BananRama said:
That 3rd chem exam was a nightmare...a 68 avg? Thats horrible, what was israel thinking? I studied my ass off for a C, that has never happened to me before in my entire life....now I need a 90 on the final to get an A-, can it be done, probably...but given the difficulty of the past exams, I'll probably end up with a B plus
I seem to be coasting through physics with the same effort that I put in chem, anyone else notice this? That israel just seems to be pulling stuff out of his ass on the tests? Not to mention how little partial credit they give..
yeah i was pissed about that too, considering i knew this material better than the previous two exams yet scored lower, most people have close to perfect hw/lab, so say 24% there, plus im averaging about an 80 on mids, so anything over an 80 on the final puts me into plan B, i need around an 83 for an A-, but im not very hopeful, they said in the beginning if you can ace the logan notes youll have an A, well i ace the logan notes and here i am, generally whatever is the hardest problem from PS/review/LN/PE is most similar to exam questions, i hope reviewing the first three mids will be a great help, theres no curve yet the cutoffs are at their discretion, that means a curve for those who are failing, but not pushing already B students into A territory, i hope they at least post the cutoffs
israel made a big deal out of how he only wrote a couple questions on that exam, as it is tf evaluation time, looking back it wasnt that hard, just lengthy and one or two lewis missteps cost you plenty, but they can be brutal with those all or nothing questions, and they seem to have cut down on partial credit with the new anything outside of the box is not graded policy
im going to try volunteering somewhere this summer, maybe longwood, anybody have any suggestions? ill also be studying physics, then take phys/bio next year, hopefully i can handle both, all this is a little beyond my ken