Assignment 1. Grades, comments and statistics 

In general, you did ok in the midterm. As you can see from the histogram the
bulk of the class is around 5-7/15. Two students got 15/15 and a couple
more got pretty close. In general if your grade is from 10-15 you are in good
shape, 5-10 you are ok but if you are thinking about graduate school
and want high GPA you should put more effort into the course. If your grade
is 0-5  you should definitely start working harder on the course. (there are
a few extra zeroes from people that didn't show up for the exam for
various reasons). Remember the total percentage of your final
grade so far (assn 1,2 + midterm) is 40% so there is still time to catch up.
A lot of the midterm questions were related to topics covered in lectures
in more detail than the book or notes. I am sure that the students who
attend regularly the lectures probably did better on the exam. There
were a lot of new faces today. If you are one of them and your grade
is low please attend lectures. If you need to catch up contact me
by email and I can try to help out.

If you would like to dispute your grade, you are welcome to do so
by sending me an email. The graders are human and make errors so I will
try to be as fair as possible. However, if you do so there
is a chance that I will discover more mistakes and your grade might be
lowered. Also please do so after the reading break.

Enjoy your reading break,
George

Statistics

Midterm histo


Grade
#students
0 9
1 3
2 2
3 5
4 7
5 6
6 9
7 5
8 7
9 5
10 3
11 3
12 2
13 2
14 3
15 2


Individual grades

0024469        11   
0024769        0   
0026885        14   
0026978        3   
0028205        8   
0032670        1   
0033110        4   
0033112        5   
0033333        11   
0034829        9   
0120104        6   
0120294        8   
0121300        8   
0121469        5   
0121651        11   
0122586        0   
0122912        9   
0123250        6   
0123800        7   
0124972        12  
0125983        13   
0126202        14   
0126320        7   
0126435        7   
0127334        4   
0127714        14   
0128497        5   
0129542        0   
0129968        5   
0130074        7   
0130938        3   
0130958        12   
0130986        0   
0132899        3   
0133803        5   
0133814        7   
0134861        6   
0135060        4   
0135352        0   
0135859        2   
0135902        2   
0135914        4   
0221092        0   
0225708        7   
0227108        15   
0227109        4   
0227178        0   
0227209        10   
0228008        8   
0228076        6   
0229122        4   
0232381        9   
0232459        12   
0232622        8   
0234748        8   
0235438        6   
0236850        10   
0237256        9   
0237945        15   
0324304        6   
0331484        9   
0331486        5   
0333736        6   
9001835        4   
9012380        8   
9713355        1   
9807004        5   
9811314        5   
9901736        13   
9902710        7   
9904310        1   
9905590        4