Grade Scales for Exams
MAC 3474, Section 3129 (MTWF 7th period)
Honors Calculus 3
Spring 2012

The cutoffs given below are the bottom for the "flat" grade, not for the minus grade. The A- cutoff is 1/3 of the way down from the A cutoff to the B cutoff; the B+ cutoff is 1/3 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 (102 points)
90
(88%)
77
(75%)
54
(53%)
41
(40%)
86
(84%)
86
(84%)
list of scores
Exam 2 (102 points)
87
(85%)
75
(74%)
52
(51%)
37
(36%)
74
(73%)
73
(72%)
list of scores
Exam 3 (113 points)
94
(83%)
82
(73%)
66
(58%)
58
(51%)
84.5
(75%)
81
(72%)
list of scores

Final Exam (206 points)

A B C D class median class average
169
(82%)
143
(69%)
106
(51%)
78
(38%)
156
(76%)
146
(71%)
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 849 812 771 728 666 602 536 496 455 412 NA
Number of students receiving grade 6 2 3 3 4 4 0 0 0 1 0

The class GPA was 3.12. The GPA for the last MAC 3474 section I taught (Spring 2010) was 2.91.

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 7 (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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