CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS

Okay folks, wow this takes a while; you had a lot of grades to be computed! Below are point totals. The first # was your points at midterm; the # of possible points for that period was 165.

The second # is your points since the midterm. We have had more grades (and more extra credit!) that are now all added up. The # of possible points is 275.

That means so far we have a possible 440 points.

The final essay will be worth 50 points and the presentation will be worth 50 points. So the overall points for whole semester will add up to 540.

I WILL then, as I did at midterm, do a curve (showing great mercy for you), with the top 10 students receiving A or A- for the semester; the next 10 will be in B range, and the next 10 in the C range, and hopefully not many below that. That means almost 1/3 of the class will get A or A-, and the average grade will be in somewhere in the B/B- range. That's pretty good.

On the final, doing a great job will land you between 45 and 50 on each part. To get a 50 it must be simply exceptional. If you do a decent job you will get in the 40 range on each part. So work hard and turn in papers that are typo and error free and which make clear and concise points. And practice your 3 minute speeches. I WILL be timing them, so do not go more than 45 seconds under or over.

Remember to make comment on this post if you want to come for the early final at noon on Thursday in V-143.

Alright, then, add up your scores and see where you will stand depending on how well you do on the final...


800031357 77 150

800023132 153 262

800019819 116 204

800041681 124 229

800035014 151 299

800025391 136 199

800035726 150 192

800033807 87 163

800028022 141 205

800035221 159 224

800023261 117 261

800041689 82 187

800040930 151 216

800036478 159 132

800035958 132 244

800023380 129 205

800054445 137 230

800026035 89 83

800027445 113 168

800034120 145 173

800047245 86 147

800035197 166 237

800022382 75 226

800046491 173 219

800037933 148 202

800035366 92 221

800041728 95 159

800034487 37 10

800047141 131 241

800045876 175 262

800036370 112 212

800021036 127 171

Still Not Done

This grading takes a long, long time. I insist on reading papers carefully. So here is the deal. The big reason to do this extra informing you of where you are at is to help you really crank it up for the final, so I will get you not only your present points but your present grade and how much it can be raised / lowered by your final. That will take longer to compute but will be more useful, I assume. So you will get that Friday.

As for now, my fiancee Catherine is waiting for me to meet her for dinner.

Peace all,