What Was The Lowest Class Average for an Exam You've Taken?

Honestly, I can't remember, RC, but I'd say you've got a pretty lousy professor.

 

I remember a math class I was in where the average score for the 2nd exam was a 38%. Fortunately, he graded on a curve.

Unfortunately for everyone else, I got 103%.

 

My mind went blank on that last test, and I believe I only answered 4 of 16 correctly. I didn't realize she would have so many "fill out the missing excel output" type questions. I was completely thrilled about getting a 60.61 on it.

 

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Calculus in college always amazed me that a group could average a 30% and still get an A in the class. What does this suggest about people, even "smart" college people? If we just don't get it (whether bc of lack of time or ability), is it still "real"? If you're an optimist, it seems like patience really is a virtue.

I suck at "advanced" math so bad! I'm trying so hard to become economically literate right now, and I gotta say. It's not a natural talent. I'm a brain righty for sure. What kind of reading would be good for me if I want to learn more about economics?

 

RC Cola, are you trying to get involved in the video game industry? It seems like preparing for that would be math heavy, which would discourage me if I had that interest. It seems like a perfect fit for you though.

 

The avg in one of my math classes was 23. The prof decided to add 50 points to everyone's test. I ended up getting a 120. He doubled the highest grade so I basically got an A by failing a test.

 

I've always thought low averages are a good thing. As long as the class doesn't get too depressed.

I think a prof needs to establish a good distribution and give people lots of feedback on what they do or don't know.

I like averages of about 60%, with a generous curve for determining the letter grades. That's true for a lot of physical science classes, because you're testing process versus a litany of facts.

 

for me it was a vector calculus class no one understood the prof at all. the book was pretty vague and the huge matrices we had to use was not fun at all.


the midterm was worth 100 points the highest grade in the class was a 26 i think i got a 15 on the test which actually curved out to a solid B.

yeah i went online afterwards and found out that the prof was widely rated as one of the worst on campus

 

What are we talking about here? High school grades? Community college grades? I thought all self respecting institutions of higher learning graded on a curve.

For my law school classes, as a general rule, 50% was good enough for A+.

At my undergrad, one of my physics professor announced on the first day of class that the only way he's giving out any A+ is if a student receives the final exam questions, stands up, tears up the paper and declares it an insult to his prowess as a physicist.

Nobody tried it.

 

They gave E's at your school? At least they didn't give F's.

 

If you want to do graphics for games, then there are certainly a lot of math. Mainly linear algebra, physics, and calculus. AI is more about logics than math. I'm taking AI right now, and we rarely have to deal with numbers. But there are a bunch topics on graph theory, neural net, machine learning, and game theory.

And there aren't that many good math professors out there. Most of them are there to do researches. They teach because they have to, but it's definitely not their top priority. Unless they haven't got their tenure already, they really don't give a rat's ass about how their students are doing in class.

But don't worry if you are not doing well in those math classes. Just study as hard as you can, it gets easier once you make it through the first 2 years.

 

I have a money & banking final next week and our professor said the class average on it from previous semesters was below a 50. I thought that was pretty bad, but then I started reading all of yalls posts.