CG Grade computation, Wed 2017-12-20

Grade computation:

1. Normalize each homework to have the same number of points.

2. Add the top 6 homeworks, and normalize to 25%.

3. Normalize midterm to 25%.

4. For term project: project itself, writeup and video, is normalized to 80%. Two progress reports are each 10%. Add them to make 100% for the project.

5. Normalize that project score to 25%.

6. Normalize final exam to 25%.

7. Add normalized homeworks, midterm, project, final to make 100%.

8. Add knowitall points (7 students got total 10 points).

9. Ameliorate the grade cutoffs listed in the syllabus by 2 points. E.g., A is >=93.0.

   Min        Letter  Count
   0  FF      2
   48 DD      0
   53 DP      0
   58 CM      0
   63 CC      3
   68 CP      1
   73 BM      8
   78 BB      13
   83 BP      13
   88 AM      8
   93 AA      5
   

10. Final-exam [Total Pts: 60]: 56 56 56 56 56 55 55 55 54 54 54 54 54 54 54 53 53 52 52 52 51 51 51 50 50 50 49 49 49 49 49 49 48 48 47 46 46 45 45 44 44 43 43 42 41 40 40 38 36 35 29 27 24 8

11. Course total [Total Pts: 100] 96.8 95.1 95.0 94.9 94.0 92.4 91.5 91.3 91.1 90.7 90.4 89.3 88.9 88.0 87.8 87.5 86.6 86.4 85.6 84.6 84.4 84.2 84.2 84.1 83.7 83.4 82.3 81.9 81.8 81.4 80.2 80.0 79.8 79.4 79.3 78.7 78.6 78.2 78.1 77.8 77.6 77.0 76.5 74.8 74.3 73.6 73.3 71.6 66.9 65.8 63.9 43.0 38.4 35.3 34.9 31.6 30.6 26.6 25.5