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.