Grades, Through Exam 2

The best guide to your course grade is the sum of your score on the two exams.

Each exam had 100 points so this is out of 200 points

The two exams had class averages of 50.4 (exam 1) and 53.3 (exam2)

The distribution of grade is as follows, along with a typical letter grade assignment

grade range	frequency	tentative letter grade
200-191	0
190's	0
180's	0
170's	1	A
160's	5	A
150's	4	A/B
140's	5	B
130's	6	B
120's	5	C
110's	8	C
100's	6	C
90's	8	C
80's	1	C/D
70's	8	D
60's	5	D/F
<60	10	F

Only 200 exam points have occurred; 475 exam points remain along with about 200 points for recitation quiz, problem sets and an assigned paper. Clearly a good performance on the remaining material can compensate for less than strong performance on the first two exams and there's every chance of changing the present grade by 1 or even 2 letter grades, UP or DOWN.

Still, the first two exams (especially exam 2) are the best indicators of how you will do on future exams.

If you are in the lowest grade categories, you should serously consider withdrawing (WP). The deadline for Withdrawing WP is this Friday, October 22 and you need Dr. Endres' signature. (We will consider withdrawing from Chem 127 and staying in Chem 128 Lab.) If you understand why you have low scores and have a plan for changes, there's no reason you need to drop. However, it may be counterproductive to let this course control too much of you time, letting your grades in other courses suffer.