Notation: uq = upper quartile (75%), lq = lower quartile (25%)
Cumulative homework scores (all HW: sets 1--9) Originally posted 3-11, updated 3-15 2:30am. Updates due to a large set of misplaced HW9XC solutions and to a small number of late submissions accepted for medical reasons. Previously posted figures in parentheses where changes have occurred. (20%)
93 students
w/o w XC XC points
max 318 445 127
best 301 356(346) 73(63)
uq 264 292(290) 32(26)
median 226(223) 234 13
lq 182(180) 186(185) 4
Approximate grade equivalents for homework points (including XC
but measured as a percentage of the non-XC problems so 318 points count
as 100%) (posted 3-11)
percentage of total approximate
non-XC points points grade equivalent
100% 318
90% 286 A/A- boundary
67% 213 B/B- boundary
50% 159 C+/C boundary
40% 127 C/C- boundary
33% 105 C-/D+ boundary
30% 95 D+/D boundary
25% 80 D/D- boundary
20% 64 D-/F boundary
Cumulative Midterm Score (1 & 2) (posted 3-1) (35%)
91 students
w/o w XC
max 350 401
best 322 328
uq 180 184
median 138 139
lq 105 105
Approximate grade equivalents for midterm points (including XC but measured as a percentage of the non-XC problems so 350 points count as 100%) (posted 3-11)
percentage of total approximate
non-XC points points grade equivalent
100% 350
60% 210 A/A- boundary
45% 158 B/B- boundary
35% 123 C+/C boundary
30% 105 C/C- boundary
25% 88 C-/D+ boundary
21% 74 D+/D boundary
18% 63 D/D- boundary
15% 53 D-/F boundary
Second Midterm (Feb 26) (posted 3-1) (20%)
91 students
w/o w XC
max 200 225
best 180 184
uq 99 99
median 79 80
lq 57 57
Cumulative homework scores (HW sets 1--7) (posted 2-27)
93 students
w/o w XC XC points
max 221 319 98
best 214 253 59
uq 185 203 19
median 159 166 7
lq 127 132 3
Cumulative homework scores (HW sets 1--5) (posted 2-16)
95 students
w/o w XC XC points
max 149 216 67
best 142 170 36
uq 123 133 11
median 106 111 4
lq 79 84 0
Approximate grade equivalents for homework points (including XC
but measured as a percentage of the non-XC problems so 149 points count
as 100%) (posted 2-16)
percentage of current approximate
non-XC points points grade equivalent
100% 149
90% 134 A/A- boundary
67% 100 B/B- boundary
50% 74 C+/C boundary
40% 60 C/C- boundary
33% 50 C-/D+ boundary
30% 45 D+/D boundary
25% 37 D/D- boundary
20% 30 D-/F boundary
So for instance if a student has 92 ordinary and 8 XC points then
the score is 100 points which puts the grade on the B/B- boundary.
First Midterm (Jan 29) (posted 2-2)
95 students
w/o w XC
max 150 176
best 142 150
uq 79 79
median 61 61
lq 47.5 48.5
Cumulative homework scores (HW sets 1--3) (posted 1-28)
98 students
w/o w XC
max 91 131
best 86 102
uq 71.5 80
median 58.5 63.5
lq 42 42
Cumulative homework scores (HW sets 1 and 2) (posted 1-27)
104 students
w/o w XC
max 55 80
best 53 61
uq 44 46
median 35.5 35.5
lq 25 25