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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]this is how a lot of college courses are graded, especially STEM related classes.  may as well get them ready early

10% HW
90% tests/quizes/final

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+1.  I also disagree with the comment that MCPS is preparing the kids well.  What matters most in universities / colleges are finals.  Homework was never made important in a serious college.  Too much cheating / plagiarism.  Frats and Sororities all had stacks of prior Homework that the kids were copying.  Typically Community Colleges or low-end schools weigh the homework higher than finals.

But, if the parents are all for it, so be it.  Their kids will just get hammered.[/quote]

Finals only matter in some universities/colleges and then only some classes.  I had two university professors who told everyone their grade before finals and then let you choose if you wanted to sit for the final.  The reason being that unless you were within 2-3 points of the next highest grade you weren’t likely to get a higher grade regardless of how you did on the final.  However, doing bad could risk your current grade.  Made for better classes because students worked hard all semester so as to not need to take the final.[/quote]

I’m taking a course right now that was supposed to have 75% of the overall grade from two exams and a paper. The professor just canceled the final because “everyone is doing well and [she doesn’t] want to waste our time or [hers] on a cumulative test.” I understand, but it reweights the final paper considerably. We don’t even know any details about it yet so pretty much all of us are now more stressed than if we had the final. [/quote]

Prof is probably saying that you are all getting As, but I can see how the vagueness can trigger anxiety.
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