splewis 283 Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) IIT: I'm in harder things, you're dumb! Stop being faggots. there are no curves like there are in middle school - not for advanced classes at least. I still don't know what people think a curve means. Does it mean adding x points to everyone's grade? Using a grade scale that isn't 90+ A, 80+B, etc. ? Edited January 17, 2014 by splewis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trav 6834 Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) You'll learn one day that any grade you get doesn't even mean anything in the real world lol. But you aren't supposed to know that yet. A curve is bringing up everyone's grade if the majority of the class does bad in the course. I'm pretty sure that's up to the professors discretion though. Edited January 17, 2014 by Travesty 1 Jodas reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sketchmaticx 3170 Posted January 17, 2014 IIT: I'm in harder things, you're dumb! Stop being faggots. I still don't know what people think a curve means. Does it mean adding x points to everyone's grade? Using a grade scale that isn't 90+ A, 80+B, etc. ? there's different curves some teachers give a flat point curve where if no one makes a 100, they give the amount of points that it takes to get 1 person to a 100 to everyone. i.e. highest grade on a test is 88. everyone gets a 12 point curve. haven't seen that one in college, but that's how it worked in my high school. other curve is like bell curve, most of the class is going to be curved until there's an average grade of like a C or a B or some shit. idk how that shit works but thats the gist of it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splewis 283 Posted January 17, 2014 there's different curves some teachers give a flat point curve where if no one makes a 100, they give the amount of points that it takes to get 1 person to a 100 to everyone. i.e. highest grade on a test is 88. everyone gets a 12 point curve. haven't seen that one in college, but that's how it worked in my high school. other curve is like bell curve, most of the class is going to be curved until there's an average grade of like a C or a B or some shit. idk how that shit works but thats the gist of it I know what those means, but I always get annoyed when people say shit like "is the professor going to curve the exam?", or "he should curve this, it was so hard!". It has some connotation of being "I want free points". I dunno, I just get mad when people won't stop talking about grades in classes - as if annoying a professor is going to make him more likely to help you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sketchmaticx 3170 Posted January 17, 2014 I know what those means, but I always get annoyed when people say shit like "is the professor going to curve the exam?", or "he should curve this, it was so hard!". It has some connotation of being "I want free points". that's the point though. they want free points. most of my teachers told us if they were going to curve an exam or not, though, so it got rid of the bitching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trav 6834 Posted January 17, 2014 I hate those types of students. Especially ones that interrupt lectures to talk about how they're going to be graded. 1 Jodas reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
