[944] Midterm grades

[Gautam Iyer]

Hi All,

Your midterm is now graded, and your scores should be accessible to on
the class website. The grade cutoffs are APPROXIMATELY:

    22: Approximately bottom end of A-
    18: Approximately bottom end of B-
    13: Approximately bottom end of C-
    10: Approximately bottom end of D

Please note that the quartiles, and your percentile rank on the class
website are for your information only; I do not use them to assign
letter grades.

There were 22 students who got a perfect score, which is excellent!

WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE FINAL

It will be "similar in spirit"; but past experience shows that students
who get around or below B-/C+ on the midterm have a very difficulty time
on the final. If you got in this range, my main advice to you is to
practice! The best way to get better is to do problems. Specifically,
work on problems you don't know how to solve, get a hint/help, then see
if you can finish the problem yourself without more help.


VIEWING YOUR MIDTERMS

You may view exams in Diffy/Jess's offices (or scan them on your phone).
However, following MSCF policy, if you take them out of the office you
may not request regrading of any problems.

Pittsburgh students: Jess is available at the following times for you to
view your exams:

    Monday 11/21: 1:00-3:30pm
    Tuesday 11/22: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

NY students, please ask Diffy for times.

REGRADING POLICY:

If you believe a particular question has been graded incorrectly, then
you must do so in writing by email, or by leaving a post-it note on the
front of the exam indicating which question you want re-graded. Please
do NOT include any explanation or message. Your grade will be solely
based on our interpretation of what is written on the exam, and not on
any explanation you provide outside the exam.

We will cover up the original grade, and independently regrade the
requested question. The new grade will replace your old grade, EVEN IF
IT IS LOWER. I strongly recommend you read and understand the solutions
posted online before requesting a regrade, because your grade could
become lower.

Best,

Gautam

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