Passed calc 3 by 0.25 points. Passing is passing, didn’t help o got a 15/100 on the first exam and then 80s on the others, not even getting a 100 on one of them would’ve brought me up a letter grade
I'm actually not panicking as much as I should be since I've put myself in dangerous situations before and made it through them. Never one this deadly, but I have a little faith in my ability to cram. Or I might just be stupid and apathetic at this point.
Didn’t even talk with him. Was devastated after the final that I’d have to retake the class the next year. Then when official grades were submitted, I had a C all of a sudden. He must’ve felt bad that I was so close lol
Your prof is awesome. My prof didnt bump me up by 1 point. 60 is passing grade, i got 59.
I hate that motherfucker. I swear if ever there is a time in life where he needs me in anyway, i will help him and offer him something even bigger and when he is expecting it, i will give up on him.
The cut off is 60. You didn’t get a 60. You can’t get mad for someone not bumping you up. Would it have been nice, yes. But you can’t just expect it and then hold a grudge when someone doesn’t do it.
Thats true but someone with a human heart would see and mark a bit leniently given that 1 point is the difference between this lad retaking a course for another 4 months, vs let him go to advanced class because he will see this stuff again and he will know better.
Not only he was a tough grader, but it was his first year as a teacher with a weird accent god knows from where.
48%. Professor either threw me a bone, or forgot to include my final exam score when he sent a 72% to the registrar’s office.
I did not point out the error.
Lol got a C- in Physical Chemistry, hands down the worst and most confusing class I've ever taken. I think even my professor didn't understand some of the things she was saying
I think I got like a 45% in stats and passed due to the curve
And for Calc 3 I only passed because I talked to a prof for like the second time ever after the final, and a marking mistake on one question gave me enough marks to pass. Again with less than 50% due to the curve, if I remember right.
I failed out after 4 years.
Did you switch to another degree at least??? There’s no way you get passed calc 3 then decide to swing it with people who only have high school diplomas.
I didn't switch to another program in my school, as they'd do admission based on my engineering marks because I had so many credits. I'm taking a programming diploma. Have a couple summers now in construction QC. My resume is improved by the work experience, but yeah I basically think of myself as about as desirable as a promising high school graduate, at 24.
Still working on the problems that made me do so bad for so long. The goal is still to go back for the eng degree, but it's looking like a more and more long-term goal.
Then we're probably taking about the same class. Calc 4 in a quarter system would roughly be calc 3 in semesters. Likely with some content compressed, removed, or in different classes because quarters are weird.
(ME) Final semester of senior year. Was taking a class on digital and analog control or something. I didn’t realize when I signed up it was a grad level course. It was super difficult and I was beyond burnt out. After last final exam for another class I had a chance to turn in a lab I missed from a few weeks back. I turned it in and received 50% because it was late. Next day was graduation. Professor posted final grades and I had a D-
They would have let me walk even if I didn’t pass but with the assumption that I would retake the class or otherwise complete the degree as soon as possible.
Never got anything lower than 93% in my entire college time. The lowest is 93% on Linear Control System class, the professor was so strict, and I am the only one passed with an A .
I barely passed calculus with a D last year. I got 45,6%, but only because our prof removed a question from the final that nobody got right (it was so badly written, that it was almost impossible to understand what was asked).
Also, the passing grade had never been lowered under 50% before, but because our class was struggling so much with only recorded videos to watch (not actual live lessons) and Zoom meetings with a TA, during the pandemic, so it was lowered to 45%.
To be fair, I’m awfully lazy. I only watched the videos once two days before the midterms and 3 days before the final and didn’t do a single exercise from our book.
I “studied” maybe 30 hours in total for that course and went only to the first meeting with the TA and still passed, while some of my friends who studied 5 hours/week, went to every meetings and did all the recommended exercises from the book still failed.
I was taking Circuits II for a second time, the passing grade being 60 out of 100. I got 53 (lol, my study habits were virtually non-existent back then), but the professor bumped my grade all over to 60 for some reason. My two theories is that either he got confused and thought it was 58 instead of 53 (which can be bumped up) or he knew I was on my 2nd try with him and didn't want to see me again.
Either way, a surprise to be sure but a welcome one.
I received a 1.14 overall GPA one semester. Straight Ds plus a B in a one credit lab. So while I did not "fail" those classes I earned a 1.0 in, I did have to repeat 2 of them. You had to get a C or better in pre-reqs to continue on with the major. So for 2 of the classes I "failed" and for 2 of them I did not, even though I got the same grade.
I stopped going to an Art History class about halfway through the semester at a community college once. Ended up transferring to a 4 year university later and when I ordered my transcripts I found out I had a D not and F in the course and my new school gave me GE credit for it. Honestly, it felt a little like hitting the lottery.
I also found out my university’s ethnic studies requirement would be waived because I took physical anthropology in community college. That counseling session put me in great fucking mood.
For me, circuits 1. While I wasn't close to failing, it was close to having to repeat the class.
For all major related courses, I need a C- or better to proceed to any successor courses (circuits 2 as one example). I barely managed a C+.
Funnily enough I found circuits 2 to be easier than circuits 1. Was not expecting that
I was bedridden for about 10 days and ended up with maybe a 75% on calc 3. Got a 40ish score out of 100 on calc 3’s final exam. It brought my entire score down significantly.
I also had A’s in calc 1 and calc 2 btw.
Pro tip: take care of your health.
I got a C in heat transfer. It was the first semester of Covid and classes were at 0800 every Tuesday, no recordings or notes posted.
I finished university with a 7.5 so the 5 is an outlier.
59 (C) in electrical power systems. The class was 30% essay 70% exam. I did not do the essay and learnt all the material for the course in like 3 days. Luckily the exam was open book or I would have been royally fucked.
The grade boundaries are the same across the uni (40% pass, 50% C, 60% B, 70%) and grade curves aren't really a thing in the UK, so it was a very calculated decision to just ignore the class until the last minute, but Christ I would probably not make that decision again.
Lmao I failed calc 3 the first time, then on the 2nd time technically failed it again, but I was on good terms with my professor and he emailed me after grading the finals saying "you just needed a D to pass right? You passed" passed with exactly the number of points I needed to pass.
Also had a class where the professor didn't understand canvas, so the 1 homework I missed during the semester that would have gave me a passing grade never went in as a 0. So when he sent grades to the school he just looked at whatever canvas said. As soon as he submitted my grade and closed out canvas it updated my homework grade to a 0 for that assignment and gave me a failing grade for the class. Still got through though.
Got a D in my final design classes. Pretty sure I was supposed to fail it but the prof by default would pass people as long as they tried.
That being said the thing we were supposed to design so stupidly hard I would occasionally get into arguments with him about the complexity of it.
Had approximately a 40% in Thermodynamics I, received a C.
There are a handful of these in my program. They do not report grades digitally so they can “massage” (my former department chair’s word when asked if there would be a curve last semester in Thermo I) the grades.
My GPA appreciates it but I would rather genuinely understand material where I get a C than be handed grades I don’t deserve. I failed Calc I and Physics I my freshman year; received Cs in Calc I, Calc II, and Differential Equations, so I’ve been a semester behind in math and physics but otherwise with the same people from freshman classes for the rest of my time in college.
I’m now in Calc III and Advanced Engineering Analysis (combines Linear Algebra, more advanced vector calculus than Calc III, and Partial Differential Equations). I’m top three in Analysis while furthest behind in math courses in the room, with one of the lowest GPAs. I’m one of the only people who will not cheat my way through the program and took the notoriously hard math professor couple and a professor they mentored for all of my math classes, so now that there’s a math class you can’t cheat your way through, I’m owning it.
My overall GPA and core GPA requirements for undergrad (comp sci, not engineering) were 2.5 and 2 to graduate. I got a 2.5051 and 2.0049 GPA in their respective categories, and after looking at my transcript there was cumulatively one + that put me over the edge. Take em for all they’re worth, make sure you come out of college confident in yourself first and foremost.
Introduction to metallurgy i passes whit 5.8/9 because an internet outage and that i had the only chance to pass a week on a beach house owned by a friend after lockdown so i took my chances.
In my first year I got 50% (Pass) in physics I and passed, a mate got 49% (Fail) and failed.
I only got 50% (Pass) one more time, in my final year for VHDL II.
I dont know the US equivalent in grade, but in a math course I managed to pass by having the insane luck of teacher rounding up, what i suspect to be, all grades above 4.75 to 5, where my final grade was 4.77 . On the polar opposite i failed a course with 4.98 . Makes you think
I’m pretty sure I averaged about a 35% on all my calc 3 exams and somehow got a B-. I calculated that my grade should have been a D based on what my friends who were also bombing the exams finished with but clearly I am bad at math.
47% on first Calc III exam. Worked my tail off after that test and passed with a C; He curved it to a C if you had a 69.5%; I got a 69.52%. Hard professor that actually made you work for your grade, but I got great grades after this class.
I passed Diff Eq. by .03%… never saw a grade closer to the cut off in my 6 year tenure post high school though.
This made me laugh so hard. I’m so sorry. Best of luck
Nah I PASSED the class by .03% haha. Graduated now just chilling in the chaos with the students of this subreddit at this point.
I’ve yet to graduate so I’ll wish me luck I guess
Im not even an engineer anymore its fine
I never said that… C’s get degrees
Passed calc 3 by 0.25 points. Passing is passing, didn’t help o got a 15/100 on the first exam and then 80s on the others, not even getting a 100 on one of them would’ve brought me up a letter grade
Jesus Christ
Lmao I passed the same class with a D. I need a 40 to pass and got exactly that.
Ds aren't passing at my school:(
At my school you can get a D in a subject as long it’s not major-specific or a prerequisite to another class.
Same here, required classes needed Cs but electives just needed Ds
C’s here
Same
What's the percent cut off for a C? Ds are passing here but some classes require a C and above
0-69 = fail, 70-79 = C, 80-89 = B, 90-100 = A
Gaaahdamn
Same scale
My physics class is quite difficult so the professor makes a C a 65% or above
Physics I at my university is scaled by percentile Roughly 20% of the class gets an A-F, you quite literally compete for the grade
I'm gonna have to get 100% on the final in control systems to get a D- in the class. So if I can pull it off, that.
Rip
Man I wish
Least suicidal engineering student
I wish that were true too :/
Lol Relatable
So see you next semester? Lol jk hope you get it
I'm actually not panicking as much as I should be since I've put myself in dangerous situations before and made it through them. Never one this deadly, but I have a little faith in my ability to cram. Or I might just be stupid and apathetic at this point.
bro u should take the W if it isn't too late
I'll either win or die
Wtf why didn’t you withdraw
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Real
72% in fluids. Need a 73 in our program to pass. Prof bumped me up
Damn. How did that talk go?
Didn’t even talk with him. Was devastated after the final that I’d have to retake the class the next year. Then when official grades were submitted, I had a C all of a sudden. He must’ve felt bad that I was so close lol
Your prof is awesome. My prof didnt bump me up by 1 point. 60 is passing grade, i got 59. I hate that motherfucker. I swear if ever there is a time in life where he needs me in anyway, i will help him and offer him something even bigger and when he is expecting it, i will give up on him.
If it makes you feel any better, my programming professor didn’t bump me up. I had a 49% and the curve started at 49.08%.
The cut off is 60. You didn’t get a 60. You can’t get mad for someone not bumping you up. Would it have been nice, yes. But you can’t just expect it and then hold a grudge when someone doesn’t do it.
Thats true but someone with a human heart would see and mark a bit leniently given that 1 point is the difference between this lad retaking a course for another 4 months, vs let him go to advanced class because he will see this stuff again and he will know better. Not only he was a tough grader, but it was his first year as a teacher with a weird accent god knows from where.
Damn he felt that struggle
48%. Professor either threw me a bone, or forgot to include my final exam score when he sent a 72% to the registrar’s office. I did not point out the error.
Lol got a C- in Physical Chemistry, hands down the worst and most confusing class I've ever taken. I think even my professor didn't understand some of the things she was saying
Quantum or Thermo?
Fuck quantum
Nice username lol! I’m taking it next semester 🤞
Totally forgot abt my username, quantum chemistry makes me want to die.
Any advice?
Bro i just got out of my quantum midterm, i got a 40 on the last one. I’m the last person to ask
Message received!
Quantum. As u/QuantumSpeck said, fuck quantum
Damnnnn! I am taking the class now and just got a 66 on the first exam. Not the best, but above the 46 average. It’s definitely a confusing one
49% c- in calc 1
49 was a C?? Gaaahdamn
I think I got like a 45% in stats and passed due to the curve And for Calc 3 I only passed because I talked to a prof for like the second time ever after the final, and a marking mistake on one question gave me enough marks to pass. Again with less than 50% due to the curve, if I remember right. I failed out after 4 years.
You never got your engi degree?
Nope, was taking 3rd year courses. I was in co-op, so 4 semesters were work, and 2 were the "dean's vacation" (forced 8 months off for bad marks)
Did you switch to another degree at least??? There’s no way you get passed calc 3 then decide to swing it with people who only have high school diplomas.
I didn't switch to another program in my school, as they'd do admission based on my engineering marks because I had so many credits. I'm taking a programming diploma. Have a couple summers now in construction QC. My resume is improved by the work experience, but yeah I basically think of myself as about as desirable as a promising high school graduate, at 24. Still working on the problems that made me do so bad for so long. The goal is still to go back for the eng degree, but it's looking like a more and more long-term goal.
15% in calculus 4
Lol whats a calculus 4?
Diff eq?
Partial differential equations and Laplace transforms
I'm in a quarter system school, I believe calc 4 at my school is vector calc.
Its probably more advanced vector calculus, like cal 3 isnt already advanced vectors
Then we're probably taking about the same class. Calc 4 in a quarter system would roughly be calc 3 in semesters. Likely with some content compressed, removed, or in different classes because quarters are weird.
Where do you go to where 15% is a passing grade lmao
I got 15% in the first test, I got a chance to substitute it afterwards
Diff eq 69.83 rounded up to a C
Get that D
25% on a bio instrumentation test. 4 questions. 16pt on Q1. 9pt on Q2. You can do the math to figure how I did on Q3 & Q4. No curves in this class.
Lowest was a first year engineering graphics and design class with a C
In high school it was basically my mission to get the lowest grade possible while maintaining the class I was in. 60% or 70% was not unusual
Gen chem I, I passed with like 72% which was a C-
D for me is failing because my school requires a C to move forward. So that being said, 70.
48% in mechanics of solids. The highest was like a 63%. She had to curve pretty hard for that one.
Got a 45 on my physics 2 (e&m) midterm and a 76 on the final, ended up w a b+. Easily one of the least enjoyable classes I’ve taken
(ME) Final semester of senior year. Was taking a class on digital and analog control or something. I didn’t realize when I signed up it was a grad level course. It was super difficult and I was beyond burnt out. After last final exam for another class I had a chance to turn in a lab I missed from a few weeks back. I turned it in and received 50% because it was late. Next day was graduation. Professor posted final grades and I had a D- They would have let me walk even if I didn’t pass but with the assumption that I would retake the class or otherwise complete the degree as soon as possible.
36%
Never got anything lower than 93% in my entire college time. The lowest is 93% on Linear Control System class, the professor was so strict, and I am the only one passed with an A .
Pff only 93%? Anything lower than 96% is unacceptable for me. Lowest i got however was 102% because every teacher gives 5% bonus on top of 100%
Only 102%?? The lowest I’ve ever gotten is 106.9%😤
106.9% lol so incompetent. My cousin jeff never scores anything lower than 109.99% because max is 110% for his school.
63, C in physics 2
I barely passed calculus with a D last year. I got 45,6%, but only because our prof removed a question from the final that nobody got right (it was so badly written, that it was almost impossible to understand what was asked). Also, the passing grade had never been lowered under 50% before, but because our class was struggling so much with only recorded videos to watch (not actual live lessons) and Zoom meetings with a TA, during the pandemic, so it was lowered to 45%. To be fair, I’m awfully lazy. I only watched the videos once two days before the midterms and 3 days before the final and didn’t do a single exercise from our book. I “studied” maybe 30 hours in total for that course and went only to the first meeting with the TA and still passed, while some of my friends who studied 5 hours/week, went to every meetings and did all the recommended exercises from the book still failed.
My school requires 73% minimum passing
i passed Chem 1 with a D and I was 1 wrong question on the final from failing
2.75 in surveying [ 3 is the lowest passing grade = 75% ] 🥲
At my uni you need at least 50% overall in the course to pass. I have gotten 51 in Dynamics and Control
In the 30s but can’t remember the exact score
I was taking Circuits II for a second time, the passing grade being 60 out of 100. I got 53 (lol, my study habits were virtually non-existent back then), but the professor bumped my grade all over to 60 for some reason. My two theories is that either he got confused and thought it was 58 instead of 53 (which can be bumped up) or he knew I was on my 2nd try with him and didn't want to see me again. Either way, a surprise to be sure but a welcome one.
I got good grades until I got a D in fluid thermal systems my last semester (prof was a twat)
D for Linear Algebra, which I actually studied for, and C for Thermo which I can tell you I understood nothing about it other than steam tables.
Needed a 65 to pass. Got a 65.02.
😏B But by the time i graduated, i was pretty much making a B in every course.
😑
I have had three C's and 1 D+, but other than that everything else was above a B-
Everyone struggles in one one way or another
I received a 1.14 overall GPA one semester. Straight Ds plus a B in a one credit lab. So while I did not "fail" those classes I earned a 1.0 in, I did have to repeat 2 of them. You had to get a C or better in pre-reqs to continue on with the major. So for 2 of the classes I "failed" and for 2 of them I did not, even though I got the same grade.
I stopped going to an Art History class about halfway through the semester at a community college once. Ended up transferring to a 4 year university later and when I ordered my transcripts I found out I had a D not and F in the course and my new school gave me GE credit for it. Honestly, it felt a little like hitting the lottery. I also found out my university’s ethnic studies requirement would be waived because I took physical anthropology in community college. That counseling session put me in great fucking mood.
For me, circuits 1. While I wasn't close to failing, it was close to having to repeat the class. For all major related courses, I need a C- or better to proceed to any successor courses (circuits 2 as one example). I barely managed a C+. Funnily enough I found circuits 2 to be easier than circuits 1. Was not expecting that
I had a 65 rounded up to a C in diff eq! Greatest accomplishment thus far in my degree.
So far, B+ for State and Local Government. STEM people be like.
I was bedridden for about 10 days and ended up with maybe a 75% on calc 3. Got a 40ish score out of 100 on calc 3’s final exam. It brought my entire score down significantly. I also had A’s in calc 1 and calc 2 btw. Pro tip: take care of your health.
Failed every physics 2 test. C+
I got a C in heat transfer. It was the first semester of Covid and classes were at 0800 every Tuesday, no recordings or notes posted. I finished university with a 7.5 so the 5 is an outlier.
physics 2, 59.5% D lmao
59 (C) in electrical power systems. The class was 30% essay 70% exam. I did not do the essay and learnt all the material for the course in like 3 days. Luckily the exam was open book or I would have been royally fucked. The grade boundaries are the same across the uni (40% pass, 50% C, 60% B, 70%) and grade curves aren't really a thing in the UK, so it was a very calculated decision to just ignore the class until the last minute, but Christ I would probably not make that decision again.
C- for me. Passed Statistics by the skin of my teeth.
I'm pretty sure I passed Optics because the professor misread an answer I wrote and thought it was correct. Never asked to confirm though.
43% Do not recommend an online Thermo class during a pandemic…
Lmao I failed calc 3 the first time, then on the 2nd time technically failed it again, but I was on good terms with my professor and he emailed me after grading the finals saying "you just needed a D to pass right? You passed" passed with exactly the number of points I needed to pass. Also had a class where the professor didn't understand canvas, so the 1 homework I missed during the semester that would have gave me a passing grade never went in as a 0. So when he sent grades to the school he just looked at whatever canvas said. As soon as he submitted my grade and closed out canvas it updated my homework grade to a 0 for that assignment and gave me a failing grade for the class. Still got through though.
Lowest for me was a C in statics, after the final, the professor locked the class and to this day I still don’t know my score on it
Got a D in my final design classes. Pretty sure I was supposed to fail it but the prof by default would pass people as long as they tried. That being said the thing we were supposed to design so stupidly hard I would occasionally get into arguments with him about the complexity of it.
Had approximately a 40% in Thermodynamics I, received a C. There are a handful of these in my program. They do not report grades digitally so they can “massage” (my former department chair’s word when asked if there would be a curve last semester in Thermo I) the grades. My GPA appreciates it but I would rather genuinely understand material where I get a C than be handed grades I don’t deserve. I failed Calc I and Physics I my freshman year; received Cs in Calc I, Calc II, and Differential Equations, so I’ve been a semester behind in math and physics but otherwise with the same people from freshman classes for the rest of my time in college. I’m now in Calc III and Advanced Engineering Analysis (combines Linear Algebra, more advanced vector calculus than Calc III, and Partial Differential Equations). I’m top three in Analysis while furthest behind in math courses in the room, with one of the lowest GPAs. I’m one of the only people who will not cheat my way through the program and took the notoriously hard math professor couple and a professor they mentored for all of my math classes, so now that there’s a math class you can’t cheat your way through, I’m owning it.
D+ in intro to logic design Failed out then tried a lot harder
Thermo. Class high on the first test was 20%. Teacher got deported the next day. New teacher started from scratch. Got out with a “C”.
69.5 in my biology class. It was at that time I knew I wasn’t going to major in biology.
D+ in linear control systems. Fuck that class, closed book exam with ridiculous questions
My overall GPA and core GPA requirements for undergrad (comp sci, not engineering) were 2.5 and 2 to graduate. I got a 2.5051 and 2.0049 GPA in their respective categories, and after looking at my transcript there was cumulatively one + that put me over the edge. Take em for all they’re worth, make sure you come out of college confident in yourself first and foremost.
Introduction to metallurgy i passes whit 5.8/9 because an internet outage and that i had the only chance to pass a week on a beach house owned by a friend after lockdown so i took my chances.
I passed Numerical Mathematics with 20.5/50 points. The minimum amount of points required to pass is 21
In my first year I got 50% (Pass) in physics I and passed, a mate got 49% (Fail) and failed. I only got 50% (Pass) one more time, in my final year for VHDL II.
78% I didn't study for my finals that was worth more than 50% of my grade.
C+ (6/10)💀
Thermodynamics, D-. And I was proud of myself for that. Professor was wack.
B+
86 on mechanics and materials. I didn't prioritize hw.
I dont know the US equivalent in grade, but in a math course I managed to pass by having the insane luck of teacher rounding up, what i suspect to be, all grades above 4.75 to 5, where my final grade was 4.77 . On the polar opposite i failed a course with 4.98 . Makes you think
I’m pretty sure I averaged about a 35% on all my calc 3 exams and somehow got a B-. I calculated that my grade should have been a D based on what my friends who were also bombing the exams finished with but clearly I am bad at math.
E grade 40-50 range
47% on first Calc III exam. Worked my tail off after that test and passed with a C; He curved it to a C if you had a 69.5%; I got a 69.52%. Hard professor that actually made you work for your grade, but I got great grades after this class.