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>53/100 in calc

>55/100 to pass.

>mfw.

Any similar experiences /sci/?

>> No.4516966

>53/100
Nah, good luck with that though.

>> No.4516969

>teacher assigns bonus points
>105/100
>feels fucking genius, man

Am I awesome or am I awesome?

>> No.4516977

Nah, not that bad. Taking calculus now and in the B zone. Have a 40% final coming up.

>> No.4516978

>108/100 in real analysis
>i didn't ask why. probably my score didn't converge

>> No.4516974

You pass with a 55? I wish.

>> No.4516979

>>4516974

Class average is 35, so that's that.

>> No.4516983

What kind of shitty school passes students with a 55%?

Passing doesn't really matter anyway, because most real universities require a C or better to move up to higher level classes.

>> No.4516985

>>4516979

*45

>> No.4516992

>get 63% on thermodynamics test
>get A

deal with it

>> No.4516999

>>4516983

Depends on what scale they're using brah

no need to be rustled.

>> No.4517012

Time to grovel OP.

Kiss that ass like you've never kissed it before.

>> No.4517029

I'm glad your professor isn't responding to grade inflation.

Good for him/her.

Sorry he demanded more from you OP. Too bad you weren't able to slide by on the subject.

>> No.4517036

>>4516983
The professor is obviously scaling the grade brackets down rather than the scores up. It's pretty weird but not unheard of.

>> No.4517037

>>4517029
Are you retarded? Its fucking CALCULUS.

>> No.4517046

>>4517037
Yup. And apparently everyone on /sci/ has an IQ of something upwards of 130-140?

Newton figured this shit out around 26, shouldn't be too hard for the average /sci/entist.

>> No.4517051

>>4517046
Newton was fucking badass.

>> No.4517056

>>4517051
Agreed.... you really aren't...you aren't taking my posts seriously... are you?

>> No.4517058

>36.5/40 on probability midterm
>A/A- cutoff is 37
feels bad man

>> No.4517065

>>4517056
Your post was alright. Why the fuck shouldn't I take it serious?

>> No.4517067

>67%
>69% to get an A instead of an A-
yeah, I totally understand OP

>> No.4517071

>>4517036
>It's pretty weird but not unheard of.
no its not, literally every class ive taken in college graded on a curve did so based on moving grade brackets except for intro econ which just had +5 to +10 on every test (finished with a 101)

>> No.4517081

How much could your grade get bumped if the prof bell curves?

>> No.4517082

>>4517065
*you're
*poast

Shit I'm tyred.

>> No.4517105

>>4517065
No... I meant the IQ post.

Regardless. Yeah, calculus is tough. It's not immediately accessible to the average mind.

Problem is, education celebrates and rewards mediocrity. Schools don't teach people how to think, they teach them plug-and-chug math. Until calculus, this doesn't get very difficult for many.

So, the student hits calculus like a wall. What does the average student do? Hope for a curve.

What does the successful student do? Work harder. Study harder. And apply themselves.

Oh, this class is harder than any other you've taken before? Then fucking spend more time studying it.

Study methods not working? Of course they aren't. You've never really had to study. You've coasted by, attending lectures, filling outlines, filling worksheets, doing the assigned work and correcting your errors by consulting back-of-the-book answer sheets.

Here's growing up. This isn't a humanities class. There is a right answer to the problem.

You are capable of this, you just need to apply yourself now, OP. If you fail, own up to it and become better for it.

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4517111

>>4517105
>calculus
>hard

oh wait .. your serious?
LOL

>> No.4517147

>>4517111
No.

Haven't you been paying attention?

>> No.4517157

>>4517147
>saying CALCULUS is hard

You faled epically.

>> No.4517160

>55 to pass
Fucking Americans, here you need a 75 to pass.

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4517169

>>4517157
Give it some time.

>> No.4517197

>>4517169
>poasts fucking willy wonka

Whoa your so oldfag. No not really. Your just dumb.

>> No.4517224

>>4517160
In America you need a 70 to pass... I think hes canadian

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4517265

>1 test a year
>about everything.
>parted in 6 blocks, you've got to have 60% on each to pass
>have to have 66% total to pass
>if you reach 66% or more in total, but fail to archieve 60% in one block, you only have to repeat that one

...

Long story short, I got 58% in one block, and 65,7something % in total

>> No.4517277

>>4517265
Deal with it. Universities have to filter out the idiots and apparantly you are one.

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4517287

>>4517277
Probably.

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4517316

>do incredibly shitty in calculus tests
>93/100 to pass in calculus
>only one exam remaining
>"not today"
>study like a motherfucker
>get 120/100
>extra credit of 20% for doing the extra advanced calculus challenge at the end along with having perfect organization and detailed procedures being shown
>mfw

>> No.4517320

if are you asking if ive tried suicide the answers no because im just to happy.

>> No.4517323

>>4517316
anon i am proud

>> No.4517379

>>4517316
Oh I have similar experiences but never needed that much.

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4517476

Hey OP,

I failed the shit out of calc I and II twice each before I passed them. In the end it cost me an extra two years to get through my undergrad, but I persisted and now I'm in grad school. For a chemist my math skills are now godlike, it just took me a lot longer to acquire them. Don't quit, just change your strategy, and don't keep doing the same thing. Find new ways to study and devote more time to it. I found Schaum's outlines very helpful.

>> No.4517480

>>4517476

Chemist
Lol enjoy your 25K a year salary. Might as well work at McDonalds.

>> No.4517490

>>4517480

>measuring jobs by the salary
>not by how much the employed enjoys it
>all of this on /sci/

>>>/b/
>>>/v/
>>>/pol/
>>>/soc/
>>>/r9k/
>>>/mlp/

>> No.4517497

I got a D in calculus II. I then got my shit together. Deans list next semester.

Seriously though, if you're trying to go a math/phys/engineering route, it's only gonna get a lot harder. You need to light a fire under it or reconsider.

>> No.4517498

>>4517480

From the American Chemical Society, the latest year's statistics (2009) for Ph.D chemists have a mean income of $103,849.

So what about chemists bothers you so much that you would make up an income figure so low?