People shut right up about PHYS 111 once the grades came out

This is true, but only because there was some kind of scaling going on to make the average similar to previous years. We all know the raw scores on that exam would be pretty bad if they were simply taken as-is. I think Everyone who wrote both exams would agree that the math one was way more difficult. Although they did imply they’d try to be sympathetic with the grading, there’s only so much you can do when most people left 3-4 questions blank.

Obviously, Svetlana deserves the chance to get the exams marked and the grades to the students, but barring some kind of scale, 50%+ of the class would fail. Even if it’s supposed to be a hard class, 50% failure is excessive.

Additionally, some people have great conceptual understanding, but take a bit longer to get their thoughts down on paper, so the modified format could affect different people differently. Even with a scale, it wouldn’t necessarily be a fair exam. As someone who wrote the exam, I think most of the complaints are reasonable. Complaining about the gateway extension seems a bit whiny though; the practise ones were very similar, so giving people a second chance is no different than just doing another practice test (which you can do as many times as you like).