I got 145% on my chemistry midterm because my professor is a jerk. - General

So he gave us our midterm yesterday, told us we had one hour. 48 multiple choice, three free response. Almost every multiple choice question needed to be worked out, and the multiple choice questions had like eight parts to them. I had studied for the last week almost constantly, so I was able to finish the last free response with about ten seconds left, so I felt confident. Here's where things turned ugly for everyone else, thanks to this fucker right here. [IMG]http://www.ohlonebookstore.com/outerweb/product_images/scantron.jpg[/IMG] Now, some people, when they take multiple choice exams, decide to write their answers onto the scantron directly, like I do. Others, and apparently about 75% of the class, like to write the answers in their books, and then fill the scantron out with the answers last. And there's the problem. So, when time's up, he yells "TIME IS UP. PENCILS DOWN, STAND UP. RIGHT NOW. IF YOU DIDN'T FILL OUT YOUR STUFF, TOUGH LUCK, TURN IT IN ANYWAY." It's a peculiar thing, watching 150 people simultaneously have all hope drain from their faces. Those people got, at most, 45%. And it's not likely they all got the free response right, most barely finished. So, basically, I got a 96 raw score on it, but with that ridiculous curve I ended up around 140%. I love this class. tl;dr stupid people don't fill out scantrons on time, they don't get graded, i look awesome because of it currently building box fort, more resources required. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("School" - Dragon))[/highlight]

145/100? what?

Wait, so the score you get is determined by the scores other people get? That's retarded.

He doesn't seem like an asshole to me, they should have known better.

[QUOTE=KSI;19882629]145/100? what?[/QUOTE] 96/100 raw, he had to curve it so that like 50/100 was an A. That boosts mine up.

You planning on enlisting? That may look good on it.

and you expect us to do something? This didn't need a thread

But then you're just sitting in an underwater sonar sensor woundering what the fuck you're supposed to do. [editline]08:46PM[/editline] fuck my automerge

Apparently your boss can't use a bell curve.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;19882641]Wait, so the score you get is determined by the scores other people get? That's retarded.[/QUOTE] Not really strange alot of colleges do that for their classes. This is in the U.S don't know the protocol for other countries.

Lucky, i only got a 91% on my chemistry midterm. At any rate i at least have an A for the semester.

[QUOTE=evilking1;19882686]Apparently your boss can't use a bell curve.[/QUOTE] He can, I'm just really really far outside it.

I personally think grading curves are stupid, they just artificially raise the average scores to make a school look like it's not fucking up.

snip just realised how dumb that was

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;19882743]snip just realised how dumb that was[/QUOTE] Damn, you snipped it before I could quote you on saying "In the UK, 45% is a fail" In [b]England, Northern Ireland and Wales[/b], 45% is a fail. In Scotland, it's a C. [b]Edit:[/b] 1337 posts.

[QUOTE=Pajama Sam;19882690]Not really strange alot of colleges do that for their classes. This is in the U.S don't know the protocol for other countries.[/QUOTE] In the UK the Exam Board takes every single exam paper for x subject done by the whole country and works out grade boundaries from that. [editline]08:53PM[/editline] [QUOTE=|FlapJack|;19882786]Damn, you snipped it before I could quote you on saying "In the UK, 45% is a fail" In [b]England, Northern Ireland and Wales[/b], 45% is a fail. In Scotland, it's a C. [b]Edit:[/b] 1337 posts.[/QUOTE] :smug:

Well, here, the professors do it. And he can't fail half the class, that's ridiculous. And this midterm is 25% of the final grade.

[QUOTE=|FlapJack|;19882786]Damn, you snipped it before I could quote you on saying "In the UK, 45% is a fail" In [b]England, Northern Ireland and Wales[/b], 45% is a fail. In Scotland, it's a C. [b]Edit:[/b] 1337 posts.[/QUOTE] In Scotland, university is free. In England, Northern Ireland and Wales, we eat the Scottish.

what kind of crazy math is going on to make your mark 145%

[QUOTE=Vince323;19882880]what kind of crazy math is going on to make your mark 145%[/QUOTE] grade curve

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;19882641]Wait, so the score you get is determined by the scores other people get? That's retarded.[/QUOTE] That's how all AP and IB scores are determined. They give you a number based on the grades of all the kids in the country. Or else almost everybody would basically fail.

that reminds me I have a science provincial and friday and I haven't started studying lolgr10sciencelolim15yo

Almost all tests are year after year, it compensates the difference between the difficulty in tests.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;19882789]In the UK the Exam Board takes every single exam paper for x subject done by the whole country and works out grade boundaries from that.[/QUOTE] That's exactly what was done here, on a smaller level.

thanks this is a good story to discuss

I love scantrons, it's so fun to mark them wrong just to hear the thing click on each answer :v:

Happened to me during the SHSAT. When the bell rung, I put down my pencil like I was told to. No one else did. If I got one more question right, then I would have gone to the most prestigious school in my city. :colbert:

If they're not smart enough to write the answers correctly, they probably deserve the F.

Why would you not keep track of your time like that? 60 minutes to finish an exam means you can write for 60 minutes, not think about the questions for 60 minutes then spend 5 minutes filling in answers. Your classmates are idiots.

What, I wish they'd do that in here. I'd get the best grades from every subject.