Physics 2305: Final Grade Report
OK! Final grades have gone to the Registrar's office and by now you should
have received an email detailing your grade. The grade breakdown is
below.
Before moving into the numbers, I just wanted to say that I had a lot of
fun teaching y'all this semester. You were a good group, you worked hard,
and you should be proud of what you learned. I sure hope that you are
able to make good use of it in the next few years.
I can't resist the urge to pass along some advice, since nearly all of
you will be taking 2306 in the fall. By then, you'll be sophomores, so
you'll know the ropes. Just remember what worked for your studying this
semester and be sure to apply it next time around. Not all professors
collect or grade homework: don't forget that that doesn't make it any
less important to your success on exams.
OK, that's plenty; now the numbers.
Course components:
| Exam 1 | Exam 2 | Exam 3 |
Exam 4 | Labs | Problem sets | Quizzes |
|---|
| Weight | 12% | 15% | 15% |
25% | 15% | 12% | 6% |
|---|
| Average | 67.3 | 57.5 | 63.7 | 69.5 |
86.8 | 7.1 | 5.4 |
|---|
Some facts:
| Class size |
|---|
| 257 originally enrolled |
| 247 still enrolled |
| 237 took Exam 3 |
| 235 took Exam 4 |
| | |
| Class Averages |
|---|
| Mean | Median | QCA |
| All 257 | 64.82 (mid C) | 69.41 (low C+) |
2.14 |
| Top 237 | 69.21 (low C+) | 70.42 (low C+) |
2.32 |
|
Grade breakdown:
| Grade: | A | B | C | D |
F |
|---|
| Number: | 34 | 68 | 96 | 23 |
35 |
|---|
| Percent: | 13 | 26 | 37 | 9 |
14 |
|---|
| Grade | Grade
cut-off | Rank
cut-off |
Number
(before lab) | Number
(after lab) |
|---|
| A | 88.8 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| A- | 84.0 | 34 | 15 | 16 |
| B+ | 80.8 | 58 | 24 | 24 |
| B | 76.2 | 81 | 23 | 21 |
| B- | 73.0 | 102 | 21 | 23 |
| C+ | 68.8 | 133 | 31 | 30 |
| C | 61.9 | 169 | 36 | 34 |
| C- | 54.0 | 203 | 34 | 32 |
| D+ | 52.3 | 210 | 7 | 7 |
| D | 48.7 | 218 | 8 | 9 |
| D- | 44.3 | 226 | 8 | 7 |
| F | | | 11 | 16 |
| MIA/WD | | | 19 | 19 |
| I | | | 1 | 1 |
(MIA means Missing In Action; WD means withdrawn.)
A final note about labs: in all, 17 students suffered a grade penalty because
of a missing lab. One person lost a straight A this way. Five moved from C
to D, and five more moved from D to F. Unbelievably, two students had failed
to complete a single lab! That makes it pretty tough to pass the course.
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Last modified 11 May, 2000. © Gregory C. Sloan.