Announcements
Late-breaking news: there will be a new test, to be given on November
10 (we voted in class today, November 1). Here is the procedure.
There will be three midterms rather than the usual two. I will drop
the first midterm if it lowers your average grade at the end of the course;
I will keep the first midterm if it raises your average grade--hence the
first midterm cannot hurt you. The other two midterms
will follow the procedure as discussed in the syllabus--that is, I will
drop either the 2nd or the 3rd midterm if that raises your grade; otherwise
all will be counted. Here is the weighting for the various options:
.2(1st Mid)+.2(2nd Mid)+.2(3rd Mid)+.4(Final)
(For those who do relatively better on all midterms than on final.)
.25(higher of 1st or 2nd Mid)+.25(3rd Mid)+.5(Final)
(For those who did not do well on one of the first two tests.)
.4(higher of 1st or 2nd Mid)
+.6(Final)
(For those doing relatively poorly on the 3nd midterm.)
or, finally,
+.4(3rd Mid) +.6(Final)
(For those doing relatively poorly on both of the first two tests
compared to the 3rd midterm and the final.)
NOTE: To get out of the final, you can average 98 or better on:
*all three midterms, or
*the first midterm and the third midterm, or
*the second midterm and the third midterm.
NOTE: The next midterm on November 10 will cover the first 9 modules
and module 16c.
Note: The answers that go along with the tests match up properly
with that scrambling of the questions--but they are not scrambled
like your tests were for inexplicable reasons. However, the answers
in the file called "Answers (to all)" will have the correct answers in
the proper order for the tests that you took (though they won't be too
helpful for the white test people).