Relax, people are just confused, nobody is trying to accuse you of anything. In the case of a 80, it would be a 2.7 (I think?). Just add your other classes us. If you are taking 7 classes and have 6 As and 1 B it’s 24+ (3.0 or 2.7?) / 7. If you have all As, it’s a 4.0.
You must go to the easiest school ever if you can bring up a 55% to an A with just test corrections and “extra credit.”
What does that even mean?
I think she is saying thAt she got a 55% on the exam. Her grade for that particular exam was then raised to an 80% after she completed test corrections and extra credit. Furthermore, you can still receive an A in a class if you receive a B- on a couple of tests.
@tola2015 I understood that part, but what’s meant by
I can’t comprehend what that means, lol.
tola2015 - The reason I questioned the A in math is that just 6 days ago, the OP started a thread about her significant issues understanding math. Based on the OP’s comments (below), and given that she doesn’t understand any of the math concepts, how can she achieve an A? No amount of extra credit or test corrections should compensate for this, but perhaps her school inflates grades to this degree? If so, I am concerned for the OP and her college aspirations.
“I really don’t understand the simplest things taught in algebra or geometry”.
“I am really desperate for some understanding of these concepts…”
“I currently take geometry and to be honest, I really truly don’t understand anything in that class… Today we took a exam and I failed with an average of 55%… the concepts my algebra and geometry teachers have taught me just doesn’t make sense to me. I am very scared that my failure in math…”
On another note…
You said in this thread
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that your unweighted GPA is a 3.8…
Regardless of her final grade, what school allows you to fail an exam and come all the way up to even an 80 from that? I’ve heard of curves to pass with a 70, not a B, let alone an A. My teacher had one extra-credit opportunity where if you buy a TI-84+ and bring in this sticker we get 3 bonus points. I don’t see how any extra credit could be worth enough to bring an ‘EXAM’ up that much.
OP, my HA2 class tests are worth 100 points and quizzes are 30-40, could you please explain how you brought it up so high to clarify all the confusion? Why are you even thinking about Yale before passing a class… (Yes, I know how arrogant/rude that sounds, but it’s true.) The people above are correct when they say you need to learn the concepts thoroughly.
In OPs defense, this is how I interpreted the situation…
OP was doing well in the class, let’s say her test scores were 90, 93, 95
OP had difficulty with one unit, and got a 55 on the test. She freaked out and made that other post.
After test corrections (let’s say they gave back half the points), she had a 77. With some other extra credit, OP got it to an 80
This made her quarter test average an 89.5. Rounded, that would be a 90 (A)
Even in another situation, where the test average was only like an 80, the class could be inflated in that tests only count for 50%, homework and class participation encompassing the other half. With perfect homework and participation, this would also lead to a 90 (A)
Just my interpretation
Regardless of what your grade is, you will very likely struggle in higher math classes unless you understand the basics.
@kawaiiii, I said that my other grades in the class obviously balanced out with this exam grade and it averaged out to an A. -.-
Thanks to everyone who actually tried to interpret the situation rather than accusing me of lying about my grade…
@Maddie929 I guess you have no idea what “withstand” means then.
Why are you being so mean?
Withstand means to have something unaffected nor damaged. Therefore, when I implied that my other grades withstand the exam grade, I was telling you my other grades were NOT affected by an exam grade. .
Nobody accused you of lying about your grade. Why did you bring up your math test grade in a post about your unweighted GPA?
Edit: Nevermind. I’m not wasting my time here. I just read back and it seems you mentioned failing on another post, not here. Just ask your counsellor instead of the internet.
Kawaiiii did accuse me of lying.
Because my peers on here wanted to know my grades so they could determine my unweighted gpa.
I didn’t bring it up to have people harass me about it.