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Old 12-18-2010, 03:58 AM   #72
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Originally Posted by Rathji View Post
I once got a 35% on the midterm and a 45% on the final and still got an B+. Everything I did in the class up to that point was 90% or better, but the prof had some crazy hard exams that practically everyone failed.

Was the first time that I had ever failed an exam. I was livid, but it wasn't as bad as the girl who had never gotten anything but an A in her entire life openly sobbing over her 70% on the midterm.
Welcome to the UofC curve. Higher level econ classes were like that. You pull a 50% and then look at the grade distribution on the test, and all the sudden you're happy. What a bunch of freak profs!
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