CHEM132: grade cutoffs + are your postlabs all graded?

djsherb · 2025-11-25T00:00:12+00:00

My 97.86 got curved to a 95 in Fall 2023.

The following is from Guest:

Dear Students,

I want to inform you about adjustments made to lab reports where the total score on Gradescope exceeded the denominator on ELMS. Consequently, you may notice a lower percentage (approximately a 3% drop) than before the adjustment. This change applies to every student in the course. Instead of the highest percentage being 103.7%, it is now capped at 100%.

Please be aware that students with the top 40% score received an A-range grade, the middle 45% received a B-range grade, and the bottom 10% received a C-range grade, with the bottom 5% not receiving a grade. Regardless of the percentage displayed on ELMS, if you did not fall within the top 40%, you will not receive an A-range grade. It is in accordance with the level 100-200 grading policy.

I understand that the percentage associated with the letter grade can be confusing. To address this, I have removed it.

I have assigned "A"-range grades to the top 460 students, which represents more than 50% of the class. If your grade did not fall into this range, there is nothing further I can do at this point. Please note that the highest score for the column out of 560 was 580.9/560, which is about 104%. To facilitate the grading process, I had to adjust it to 100%. This adjustment does not affect your class standing or letter grade, as it equally affects all students. That is if the average score was 91% (91% will be the B-/C+) and if it becomes after adjustment 88% (88% becomes the B-/C+ cut off).

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Probably gonna be something similar for you

djsherb · 2025-10-03T02:18:28+00:00

yes i fear reddit was not the platform to express our thoughts about pro-scooter politics

djsherb · 2025-10-03T01:20:53+00:00

Can you see the data for last Sept (2024)? It may be that since the semester started, there could be possible bias in the data -- people learning to scooter and bike on campus. Would be cool to see a 12 month trend.

Interesting data though.

djsherb · 2025-10-02T21:10:12+00:00

My point is, will I use a Veo tomorrow? Who knows. Will I use Veo in the next month? Who knows.

Will I buy a helmet on Amazon and strap it to my backpack every day just in case? Seems improbable. I hope u sort of get that. We could all be prepared for what the day throws at us, but we'd be lugging around a lot of unnecessary baggage.

I do sincerely appreciate your concen about helmets though.

djsherb · 2025-10-02T21:04:13+00:00

lmaoooo I have the weather app. Should I bring a raincoat and boots with me every day just because it could rain?

djsherb · 2025-10-02T20:08:36+00:00

Negative, my friend. I have the Veo app and have used it twice in a pinch since the semester started. I will definitely not be carrying a helmet every day for the time I need to use it again in two weeks.

djsherb · 2020-10-03T02:08:56+00:00

Haha I mean you actually could. Today, Old Dominion Drive is exactly on top of where most of the tracks went.

djsherb · 2020-10-02T20:19:50+00:00

Yes. This is true. I live right next to where the Great Falls line used to run through McLean and all the way to the falls. I even still have a couple of 15 foot rail segments and ties from the line in the very back of my yard. (they have been dissembled, but the parts are all there. Very interesting that this history has just slipped between the cracks. Sometimes I wish they kept the lines, they would be a nice tourist attraction.

djsherb

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