Midterm Curve?
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Midterm Curve?
Someone mentioned to me that the midterm is going to be curved. Does anyone know anything about it?
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Re: Midterm Curve?
I believe there are no curves for the overall class or any of the exams either, but I am not 100% sure, so someone please fact-check this :)
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Re: Midterm Curve?
Yeah, I don’t think the class is curved. The class is out of a total of 500 points, so I think your percentage is based purely on how many points you get out of 500.
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Re: Midterm Curve?
Like Alexandra said above, because of the point system, the class and the tests, aren't curved. However, there were partial points given on the midterm on certain questions based on potential miscalculations.
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Re: Midterm Curve?
I don't think Dr.Lavelle mentioned anything about the midterm being curved because like people said above there were partial points given and the class is based off on points.
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Re: Midterm Curve?
I don't think there will be a curve for any of the tests in this class, and based on the professor's most recent email regarding the 86% average for midterm 1 he made no mention of curving it.
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Re: Midterm Curve?
I don't think this midterm is going to be curved as it had such a high average and multiple people got almost perfect scores. I do think that there was partial credit given on some of the problems.
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Re: Midterm Curve?
Based on previous years and the posts above, it's safe to assume that there will not be a curve.
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Re: Midterm Curve?
Yea I think that any of the tests are not curved but on the Syllabus it says that you only need 250/500 points to have C- in the class so the straight scale for our letter grades may not be the traditional grading scale.
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Re: Midterm Curve?
Since the average for the midterm was high, I doubt that there will be a curve. But please check with your TA to clarify :)
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Re: Midterm Curve?
No, I don't think so. Based on the syllabus, the class is based on your points out of a total of 500 possible throughout.
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Re: Midterm Curve?
I think it was mentioned that the class average was around 86%, so there's no way it will be curved even if this class had a curve.
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