Grade Scales for Exams
MAC 3474, Section 3129 (7th period)
Honors Calculus 3
Spring 2010

The cutoffs given below are the bottom for the "flat" grade, not for the minus grade. The A- cutoff is 3/10 of the way down from the A cutoff to the B cutoff; the B+ cutoff is 3/10 of the way up from the B cutoff to the A cutoff. The other plus and minus grades work similarly, except that I do not give D-'s (anything lower than the D cutoff is an E).

Hour Exams

A B C D class
median
class
average
Exam 1 (106 points)
94
(89%)
81
(76%)
61
(58%)
44
(42%)
82.5
(78%)
81
(77%)
list of scores
Exam 2 (100 points)
85
68
46
31
77.5
79
list of scores
Exam 3 (114 points)
100
(88%)
82
(72%)
56
(49%)
36
(32%)
70.5
(62%)
73
(64%)
list of scores

Final Exam (200 points)

A B C D class median class average
155
(77.5%)
130
(65%)
77
(38.5%)
53
(26.5%)
107
(53.5%)
112
(56%)
list of scores

Course (1000 points: each hour-exam counts for 200; final exam counts for 400)

A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D E
Points needed 833 791 735 693 623 529 459 416 358 314 NA
Number of students receiving grade 2 1 1 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0

The class GPA was 2.91. The GPA for the last MAC 3474 section I taught (Spring 2002) was an astonishingly close 2.89.

If you have a question about your grade or would like to look at your graded exam, please do not email me the question; arrange to see me in my office some time after May 20 (which may mean the fall unless you're here over the summer). I will not send or discuss grades by email, even if you are out of town.


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