/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11106323
>>no partial credit
Hardcore, you still want to become a physicist anon?

>>11106323
>no partial credit

>>11106334
I want to switch to business

>>11106323
does the professor at least curve?

>>11106323
>physics exam is 10 questions, multiple choice
>no partial credit
this is why chinese dominate physics grad school but absolutely suck at becoming real physicists. why even bother giving PhD's to them. they should just make another degree called ChD for them

>>11106323
>4 exams in total worth 50% of grade
thats a lot more than 90% of undergrad math classes. profs that dont give partial credit fucking suck though

>>11106323
>he gets partial credit for building collapse due to partially solved issue

>>11106403
no but we can drop our lowest test score

last semester I got the maximum score in everything I did EXECPT the last exam which I got 2 questions wrong

I ended up with a 7/10 semester score


fucking unbeliveable

>>11106323
That's nothing. My dynamics class was 10% homework and 90% exams. There were three exams of three questions each. Each question on each exam was worth as much as your entire homework grade. Be careful not to make any mistakes.

>>11106475
haha! i created a cheat sheet by placing strategic ads in the classifieds!

>>11106696
fucking kek

>>11106694
This. I took an E&M class where tests were 80% total, three tests, each had four questions. It was fucking terrible.

>>11106334
>>11106335
>>11106403

It's no partial credit on a *multiple choice* test, lol. That isn't hard and that isn't physics.

>>11106484
this
I understand the real world doesn't give partial credit, but you aren't forced to solve problems in a extreme time crunch without any access to materials besides what you have memorized

>>11106323
>10 multiple choice questions
Are you fucking kidding me OP?

>>11106323
>>11106694
>>11107101
>whining about exams being worth too much
Stfu. Unless you're talking about labs, 80% of the total grade is the bare minimum that tests should be worth. Stop being little bitches. Specially you, OP. It's a MULTIPLE CHOICE test ffs.

>>11107101
Damn I took EM and the tests were only 35% of the grade. That being said he didn't curve anything and the averages for the tests were often between 30-60% throughout the sequence so an average student is already down 17.5% of their grade and at a B- just from the test portion. My school wasn't out to fail people and most passed EM with a C, on the other hand I'm not even exaggerating when I say there wasn't a single A in EM1. At least my class. Personally I thought he just gave shitty tests though as I managed a B in EM1 and B+ in EM2 and out of my entire degree I never got below an A-.

>>11106554
SORRY BRO IF U WERE IN NASA PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DIED THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE

>>11107689
They do triple checks of everything
You have sources to check
Exams are not accurate measures of how good you are, only how much you cqn memorize

>>11106323
Thorught literally all the classes ive ever taken in my ee major, exams are worth 100% of the grade and no bell curve has ever been applied.
And not even the (very few) women have ever complained about this.
Youre just a gigantic pussy.

>>11106323
What's with all the people itt that don't like having their grade determined mostly by exams? I hate being encumbered by homework and assignments; I would rather spend the majority of my time learning and practicing as I please and ultimately prove my knowledge on a handful of exams. Courses that weigh homework and assignments anywhere close to exams just provide colluding, cheating brainlets with the opportunity to pass, regardless of how well they actually understand the material.

>>11108603
then the "high iq" individual fails out because he didn't sufficiently go over the material because he was blowing his load on video games and later shit posts on sci in iq threads about stem being a meme

>>11108603
the ideal class should be 100% exams with >5 normal exams worth 80% then a final worth 20%. no homework bullshit, no preschool attendance grades, and also no final grades determined entirely by performance on a single test

You are all like little babies. 100 % of course credit decided by one 3 hour exam is normal in the UK.

>>11108738
Its normal everywhere, except in muttland

I don't get how a test can count for so much and only have 3 questions. Did you learn just 3 things that semester?

>>11106323
Man, I wish my physics exams were multiple choice.

>>11107124
kek this. multiple choice is left behind in highschool. Anything above that is always written.

>>11107742
>i have yet to accept my limited mental capacities

>>11107130
I had a professor who worked doing analytics for a sports team. He let every test be open book because he said in the real world you have resources and you have to use them. Pretty cool guy in that regard. Most professors could care less tho.

>>11108603
This
This this.
I fucking hate busy work.

>>11106323
>multiple choice
this website is for your age > 18

>>11106498
>working on test
alone
>working on building
team of engineers and can use whatever resources you want
Gee, it's almost like there's a pretty relevant difference between these two scenarios.
Which brings up another question I have. Why do engineering profs always force you into group projects, usually not even letting you pick your groups, and say "engineering is about working together, and you don't always get to choose who you work with" but when there's a test, it's "what the fuck do you think this is? engineers don't work together, you have to do it by yourself"

>>11107235
>"I memorized all the material for the test"
>"now I have a complete understanding of the application of this"
>"What do you mean solve this problem? I don't see any question marks on these documents?"
Tests work for evaluating whether or not someone can replicate material presented to them, they do nothing for demonstrating application of something learned.