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Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

On the exam I overwrote the essay and had to use about 2 and a half booklets to fully answer. [Cool]

[ January 03, 2010, 04:39 PM: Message edited by: Blayne Bradley ]

Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :

Congratulations on the good grade, but you might want to see if anyone got an 'A' while being more concise.

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

Actually its B+ as my total mark, I probably actually got an A on my final exam considering how marks are divied up.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Congratulations, Blayne!

About the essay: I used to "overwrite" as you say, all the time. However, as long as I was relevant all the way through, I don't think I ever lost marks for writing more rather than less.

As far as I can tell, Professors are more interested in what you write than how much you write, unless it's ridiculous. If you're writing a fabulous essay that happens to be 2 and a half booklets long, then it's a fabulous essay that's 2 and a half booklets long.

The key is for the essay to be fabuous [Razz]

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

aye.

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

quote:
Actually its B+ as my total mark, I probably actually got an A on my final exam considering how marks are divied up.

Then you should change the title of the thread.

But congratulations Blayne!

Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :

As I only had 2-3 things that give marks

Participation: 15%
Midterm: Something
Final: Something

I was there 95% of the time so I'm assuming that if I got 67% on my midterm (for runon sentances) I probably got 85ish+ on my final.

Should I ask for feedback to see what I got right/wrong?

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

I would. Feedback is important to learning in general. Most of my teachers made arrangements to give back final essays after the course had been graded, so I could see their responses.

Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

I got a B+ once, in the first quarter of the dang stat-mech class. [Frown]

That stuff really kicks my ass. I managed to drag my way up to A- by the second quarter, and then to forget all about it after the qualifying exam.