Final Grades

Well, the exams have been graded and final grades have been submitted.

The grade cutoffs for the final exam are the standard array: 85-75-65-50. Averaging the cutoffs for all the assignments this semester yields final average cutoffs of: 82-72-62-48. When computing your final averages, I fudged a little bit in your favor, shifting some weight to your mid-term exam average or your final exam grade, depending on which was higher. This caused a few of you who were very close to a cutoff to receive the higher grade. This affected about 4%-5% of the class.

Once I get the statistics sheet of my spreadsheet cleaned up a little, I'll post the final version. That will probably happen tomorrow morning.

Homework #15 Grades

I've been fielding quite a few questions along the lines of "I see that there is an average score for HW#15, but I don't have a grade recorded. Did my homework get lost?" I just want to assure you that only a small number of the HW#15 grades have been recorded. (One or two sections, maybe.) So you should not be alarmed by this.

The TA's all have final exams and projects as well, and some have been getting their grading done early, while others have been waiting until after their exams early this week. I hope to have all the grades assigned and submitted on Monday or Tuesday next week.

Two Final Announcements

1. Solutions to the last homwork asignment (HW#15) are now available outside my office door.
2. At yesterday's review session, I was asked what you will need to know about the matemtaical models we studied using first order differential equations. I could think of four main things Newton's Law of Eooling and the exponential growth and decay models. You should have these memorized (i.e. the differential equations, method of solution, and applications). You should be able to recognize a logistic growth model, and be able to come up with the differential equation with some prompting. You should not memorize Torricelli's law.

One Last Chance

I'll be in my office for about an hour on Sunday, from 11:30-12:30. IF you have any last questions you would like answered, I'll try to do so.

Final Exam Review Session

I'll hold a review session for the final exam tomorrow, May 6, from 1:00-2:30pm in DH 2315. Bring your questions!