Wow, I wish my professor had that policy. I got a 32% on an exam last week, and the class averaged at 54%. Haven’t heard a peep from him about it. I’ve never done so poorly in a class out of incompetence. I feel so fucking stupid thinking about retaking the course.
I had an engineering professor in freshman year give exams expecting the class average to be 50% of the available points, and just graded on a curve based on how many standard deviations we were from the mean. So a 50 was generally good enough for a B. It was not a statistics class, but I think I learned more about statistics from that class than any other.
I’m just tired of constantly struggling. I wish there was some way to tell if I’m capable of doing engineering, you know? Let me know if I’m wasting my time or not.
Oh, I meant, like, on the whole. This class might just be a speed bump on the path, but I don’t know if there won’t be something insurmountable next time around.
Sure, and the professor should know that. They can figure out what you’re struggling with and help you decide if you just need TA time or something else.
Wow, I wish my professor had that policy. I got a 32% on an exam last week, and the class averaged at 54%. Haven’t heard a peep from him about it. I’ve never done so poorly in a class out of incompetence. I feel so fucking stupid thinking about retaking the course.
I had an engineering professor in freshman year give exams expecting the class average to be 50% of the available points, and just graded on a curve based on how many standard deviations we were from the mean. So a 50 was generally good enough for a B. It was not a statistics class, but I think I learned more about statistics from that class than any other.
I’m just tired of constantly struggling. I wish there was some way to tell if I’m capable of doing engineering, you know? Let me know if I’m wasting my time or not.
Maybe talk to your professor then?
Oh, I meant, like, on the whole. This class might just be a speed bump on the path, but I don’t know if there won’t be something insurmountable next time around.
Sure, and the professor should know that. They can figure out what you’re struggling with and help you decide if you just need TA time or something else.