Mathematics 226: Calculus I, Fall 2008 Grades

• Your Code. Due to University privacy rules, you have been assigned a code number. You generate it like this: take your university ID (e.g. 900010021) and split it into two numbers, the first 5 digits and the last 4 digits. Multiply the two numbers (90001 * 0021 = 1890021 ). The last four digits are your code. (0021 in the example.)
• FINAL GRADE. This was calculated using your TOTAL POINTS. The scale was
  • 950+ A
  • 900-950 A-
  • 880-899 B+
  • 850-879 B
  • 800-849 B-
  • 780-799 C+
  • 750-779 C
  • 700-749 C-
  • 600-699 D
  • 600- F
• Why Did X Get A Better Grade Than Me With Fewer Points? In some cases I used my judgment to bump up a grade because of strong work on the final or other compelling evidence. If you think you deserve a better grade than I calculated, make that argument. I will not be convinced just because someone else got a better grade.
• TOTAL PTS. This is the raw number of points you have. There are 1,000 points total (not counting extra credit):
  • 250 pt final (FINAL PTS),
  • 150 pt midterm (MID PTS),
  • 50 pt Big Quiz (BQ PTS),
  • 300 pts of computer HW (HW PTS),
  • 150 pts of written assignments (WRITTEN PTS),
  • and 100 points of group work based on your attendence and work in class (GRP Wk PTS).
• EC, BQ Rewrite, MID RE. There are all those general extra credit assignments, Big Quiz and MID Rewrites.
• ECQ. Extra Credit Quizzes.
• Written Assignments are graded out of 10 points each and scaled to sum to 150 points. The actual points awarded are totalled in Written PTS. The first two were graded on a 4 point scale that was converted to a more standard 10 pt scale.
• Computer Homework Assignments count for 20 points each. You get awarded a percentage that is the greater of the original assignment and half of the Past Due. Actual points computed are totalled in HW PTS. There was an extra credit HW which counted for 10 points and was added directly to your HW PTS.