The class average is not 57-59%
first of all...its an average.... how could it be a range...
second of all... Dr. Kim said himself that he doesn't even know what the average is yet, so it's not really possible for anyone else to know....

Originally Posted by Jay

It's in both.

If you want a B.A. you can go through Soc Sci.
If you want a B.Sc. you can go through Science.

I know you can do the Psychology program through both, but aren't all the actual courses under Science now? I haven't seen a Psych course that wasn't a Science course yet. (I could be wrong though, I only looked at the Psych courses I found interesting.)

We won't know what the average of the midterm was until next week, so whatever you heard up until now is a rumour. Normally averages sit at the 60-70 percent mark, it really isn't that bad.

Last year, the midterm average for Anthro 1A03 was like 52%, and our prof felt that she was forced to curve it.

So, if the midterm ended up being like a 55%, and the average didn't improve significantly for the exam (let's say 62%), would they bell curve?

Me and my friend have been debating whether they bell curve at mac or not. I've heard a lot of conflicting reports.

Depends on the course. Some bell, some don't.

I know they belled Chem 1AA3 in my year because I'm pretty sure I bombed the final. lol.

And I'm guessing that knowledge kept pretty secret?

I remember they didn't bell curve one of our disastrous chemistry midterms last year because one person got perfect lol. I personally don't really agree with bell curving... you get what you get.

I dunno, if it helps me out, I'm all for it (I'm looking into either med or grad school, so I'll take every percentage point I can get). I disagree with it in principle, though, too much coddling, but like I said, I'm not gonna refuse help.

I think a few people got chem midterm 1 perfect, but the average was lower than usual, by like 5 to 10 percent. I hope they bell curve, though I'm not getting my hopes up.

Originally Posted by britb

I dunno, if it helps me out, I'm all for it (I'm looking into either med or grad school, so I'll take every percentage point I can get). I disagree with it in principle, though, too much coddling, but like I said, I'm not gonna refuse help.

I think a few people got chem midterm 1 perfect, but the average was lower than usual, by like 5 to 10 percent. I hope they bell curve, though I'm not getting my hopes up.

I wish they would for chem, but because 10 people got perfect, I doubt they will =/. And if they were going to, I'm sure they would've done it by now.

i think its good if the average is really low...if its like 50 then there is obviously either something wrong with the way the course is being taught, or the difficulty of the material.

A 64% median is typical for a first-year Chemistry class. Not sure exactly why you would expect them to bell-curve it...
And the midterm was very fair as well.

The midterm average hasn't even been calculated yet because the midterms are not all graded yet. I don't know where you are hearing 57% from, since neither myself as the Senior TA or Dr. Kim even know yet!

The prof said is was a bit lower than the expected for test 1, regardless of whether it was fair or not (I thought it was, I made some stupid mistakes, is what happened...anyway)..s he seemed pretty disappointed when she taked about it.

I'm just saying I hope they do, though I doubt they will.

@britb: If they were disappointed with Test 1, I'm sure the instructors will make Test 2 slightly easier to boost up the averages.

@McIntyre: I saw someone post that on ELM. Apparently, I shouldn't take everyone's word on ELM as fact. Lol.

My anthro prof bell curved last year because she realized her questions ridiculous - in the way they were phrased (didn't make sense, two possible answers, etc etc) and since a lot of people failed she decided to curve it.

As for whether profs curve for the hell of it, not sure.