Just wondering, do they actually deduct grade points from your final average if you miss more than 5 (lectures+tutorials+l abs)? I missed 7 in total...which meas I'll be docked a grade point I'm guessing...For any upper years out there, did they actually do it?

The class average right now is in the 50s range...I'm barely passing...and I heard they often bell-curve this course. Why the heck would they deduct our grades even more...given that the average is already low >.>

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

I'm pretty sure you would only lose marks in the course if you missed tutorials or labs that are worth a part of your mark. If you don't show up for a lecture with 300 students, the prof won't even notice whether you are there or not. However, if you miss tutorials/labs that are worth part of your mark, and do not fill out the required MSAF form, you will definitely lose marks. Depending on how much they are worth, you will likely go down in grade points

Originally Posted by Johnny162

I'm pretty sure you would only lose marks in the course if you missed tutorials or labs that are worth a part of your mark. If you don't show up for a lecture with 300 students, the prof won't even notice whether you are there or not. However, if you miss tutorials/labs that are worth part of your mark, and do not fill out the required MSAF form, you will definitely lose marks. Depending on how much they are worth, you will likely go down in grade points

Lol, that's just the thing. They use iclickers to record lecture attendance, and they take attendance manually in tutorials/labs (where we just learn things...no assignments). So, I know that they know how many classes we missed and such...but I was just wondering if anyone had actually experinced a mark dockage. Like, calculating their average before their final grade was released to them....and seeing if their attendance affected their grade at all....I feel like they just say that we'll lose marks, to scare us into going to all the classes...?