Chemistry 331 - Fall 1996

Final Exam and Course Grading Results

85 final exams were taken

the high grade was 186 (93%)

the average grade was 126 (63%)

A: over 80% (8 students)
B: over 65% (29 students)
C: over 50% (37 students)
D: over 40% (9 students)
F: under 40% (2 students)


Total points on an absolute scale
(without extra credit assignments)

Maximum: 570
High: 522 (92%)
Average: 344 (60%)

A: over 80% (7 students)
B: over 65% (23 students)
C: over 50% (38 students)
D: over 40% (14 students)
F: under 40% (6 students)


Actual Grades Assigned:

(after extra credit points were added)

A : over 84% (6 students)
A-: over 80% (6 students)
B+: exactly 78% (1 student)
B : over 67% (17 students)
B-: over 65% (6 students)
C+: over 61% (12 students)
C : over 51% (21 students)
C-: over 46% (12 students)
D : over 40% (3 students)
F : under 40% (4 students)


The value of extra credit:

59 students did some extra credit work - up to 15 points

in 33 cases, the extra credit helped to move the grade up one notch better than would have happened using the absolute scale above


If you would like to know your course grade and/or final exam grade, send me an e-mail (from your e-mail account) and I'll send you the results. The final exams will be returned at our first day of class in January.