Exam 1 Grades

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I find my score?

Grades are sorted according to your social security number. For privacy reasons, we list only the last five digits (if you gave us only four digits, we replaced the missing one with an "X").

Why isn't my score listed here?

If you took the regular (not makeup) exam and your score isn't listed here, either you didn't include your social security number or there was an error in the way you entered it. In any case, you may ask or write to any of the instructors for your score.

How do I interpret my score?

Look up your total on the exam statistics page, which is at http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/05-1/exam1_statistics.html.

I thought my essay was pretty good. Why isn't my score higher?

Several students wrote analyses of tales that were explicitly excluded (e.g., if the question says "analyze any tale except 'Salt'," we can't assign a high score to an analysis of "Salt"). Otherwise, lower-than-expected essay scores usually resulted from errors, omissions, or failure to answer the specific question (for example, writing an essay that had some good qualities, but was not a good answer to the question). You are welcome to meet with any of the instructors to review your essay and discuss why it received the score that it did.

I thought I knew the material well, but my multiple-choice score is lower than I anticipated. What did I do wrong?

There's no general answer to this question, but your instructors will be happy to go over your individual multiple-choice answers with you.

What should I do if I think a question was unfair?

Don't confuse unfair with difficult. Questions are supposed to be difficult, in the sense that they should be able to distinguish excellent from good from fair from poor performance. But a question shouldn't require information that students cannot reasonably have been expected to know (for example, information that was not available in any form in readings or class meetings). Multiple-choice questions shouldn't be written to trick you into giving a wrong answer, but they may legitimately require you to read the question and all four answers very carefully. If, after considering the preceding, you genuinely think a question was unfair, please tell one of the instructors.

Is there a curve?

There is no curve for individual examinations, but if the overall course grades fail to meet certain targets, those final course grades are curved. See http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~tales/grading.html for details.

Can I have my exam back?

The instructors hold on to all of the exams so that we'll know where they are should any questions arise later. We'll be happy to meet with you to look over your exam with you, though, and to answer any questions you may have about it.

Grades

SSN	Multiple Choice	Essay	Total
X2525	18	12	30
X3505	24	14	38
X5116	14	10	24
X6251	16	11	27
X9254	23	15	38
X9325	20	12	32
X9429	19	14	33
00234	25	14	39
00450	25	12	37
00452	25	15	40
00487	22	14	36
00514	18	12	30
00570	20	14	34
00622	23	12	35
00637	19	11	30
00667	24	15	39
00772	19	14	33
01534	20	12	32
01612	21	11	32
01693	20	10	30
01839	20	14	34
02434	23	14	37
02509	18	13	31
02632	15	5	20
03116	21	12	33
03243	16	11	27
03450	20	11	31
04181	15	11	26
04238	20	9	29
04306	22	14	36
04431	25	14	39
04579	21	12	33
04640	20	10	30
04906	16	12	28
05061	24	14	38
05096	20	13	33
05440	23	14	37
05579	17	14	31
05774	19	14	33
05885	19	14	33
06000	21	12	33
06349	23	13	36
06644	21	14	35
06657	22	13	35
06802	24	13	37
06910	21	12	33
07173	17	5	22
07612	24	14	38
07816	23	12	35
07822	21	5	26
07875	16	12	28
08477	24	13	37
08495	15	11	26
08506	19	12	31
08507	23	14	37
08516	22	12	34
08802	18	13	31
08915	19	12	31
09331	18	12	30
10064	18	13	31
10310	15	10	25
11553	23	11	34
12423	22	13	35
14864	19	12	31
15910	22	13	35
16028	18	11	29
16507	20	15	35
18183	18	13	31
19995	18	12	30
20274	20	12	32
20352	18	11	29
20828	21	14	35
20967	20	14	34
21238	23	14	37
21324	20	12	32
21745	20	11	31
21799	24	14	38
22017	21	13	34
22026	14	11	25
22113	23	13	36
22558	14	11	25
23397	19	14	33
24949	16	13	29
25057	14	11	25
25883	20	13	33
26610	18	13	31
26753	20	5	25
27658	21	13	34
27918	24	14	38
28123	20	13	33
29763	22	13	35
33183	18	11	29
34367	20	13	33
35940	19	12	31
40184	18	15	33
41679	20	12	32
41737	21	13	34
41904	24	14	38
42148	17	10	27
42312	23	12	35
42371	18	14	32
42979	21	12	33
43264	23	14	37
43791	21	15	36
44187	22	13	35
44264	21	12	33
44461	24	14	38
44629	18	13	31
44629	22	13	35
44790	23	13	36
44823	24	14	38
44908	15	14	29
44959	20	13	33
45091	17	13	30
45988	25	12	37
46843	21	14	35
46993	20	13	33
47018	18	14	32
47087	22	13	35
47130	17	10	27
47192	23	14	37
47622	20	13	33
47731	17	10	27
47944	22	14	36
48257	20	13	33
48301	19	15	34
48399	20	10	30
48445	18	11	29
48470	24	13	37
48641	21	14	35
48848	22	13	35
49094	22	13	35
49186	23	13	36
49549	15	10	25
49844	22	14	36
49952	16	12	28
55338	19	12	31
55604	22	14	36
57581	23	14	37
58151	16	11	27
60097	19	11	30
60278	17	11	28
60433	17	13	30
60466	15	12	27
62145	15	12	27
62603	22	13	35
62718	25	14	39
62772	22	13	35
62811	17	9	26
63133	20	14	34
63363	19	13	32
63581	18	14	32
63634	21	15	36
63657	20	12	32
63842	17	12	29
63928	23	13	36
64011	16	15	31
64057	18	11	29
64077	15	12	27
64086	19	13	32
64354	15	12	27
64464	25	13	38
65224	20	13	33
65241	19	11	30
65399	20	13	33
65622	14	11	25
66004	19	13	32
66261	16	12	28
66314	24	14	38
66411	21	10	31
66548	24	13	37
67154	10	11	21
67367	22	13	35
67523	22	12	34
67536	24	14	38
67805	22	12	34
68132	20	12	32
68305	14	14	28
68551	18	11	29
68769	22	12	34
69028	24	13	37
69477	17	11	28
76604	21	14	35
77057	20	14	34
79121	20	14	34
79703	21	5	26
80518	23	15	38
80979	25	13	38
81021	21	14	35
81159	18	13	31
81583	24	14	38
81870	25	14	39
82706	25	14	39
82921	19	12	31
83052	19	13	32
83055	24	15	39
83524	24	12	36
83553	23	14	37
83970	16	14	30
84102	18	12	30
84382	23	12	35
84749	24	13	37
84904	24	13	37
85438	19	12	31
85753	20	13	33
86056	22	14	36
86237	19	13	32
86314	24	13	37
86657	22	14	36
86890	19	11	30
87001	19	11	30
87310	19	12	31
87405	16	13	29
87437	23	12	35
87586	23	13	36
87612	18	14	32
87628	16	10	26
87675	20	13	33
87702	23	14	37
88104	15	14	29
88168	17	10	27
88326	24	12	36
88735	23	13	36
88837	17	12	29
88956	18	10	28
89184	20	13	33
89492	24	14	38
89508	14	13	27
89838	20	15	35
95174	15	12	27
98769	17	11	28