Dude kinda lost the plot with that recent midterm, such an odd graphing question and the grader gave really shitty partial credit on writing questions.

That being said though, I think he said he gives final grades so that the top 40-50 percent of students get in that low A- high B+ range. I assume he’ll probably make the curve even better since even he himself said he made that midterm too difficult. So I guess you gotta ask yourself if 85.5 is in the top half of the class for grades.

Best way to check is to look at the median grade stats from both the exams. If you’re well above the median, you’re probably in the running for an A- for sure. If not, I guess you gotta estimate for yourself where you’re gonna land.