Railsback's GLY 116 / GEOL 1122 Grades | |||||||||
YEAR | Enroll- ment | As | Bs | Cs | Ds | Fs | Ws | % As & Bs of non-Ws | Class GPA |
1997 GLY 116 | 45 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 59% | 2.72 |
Fall 1998 GEOL 1122 | 88 | 16 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 63% | 2.66 |
Fall 1999 GEOL 1122 | 91 | 15 | 38 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 64% | 2.71 |
Fall 2000 GEOL 1122 | 76 | 13 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 62% | 2.65 |
Fall 2001 GEOL 1122 | 61 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 60% | 2.57 |
Fall 2002 GEOL 1122 | 28 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 79% | 2.96 |
Fall 2003 GEOL 1122 | 30 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1a | 0 | 83% | 3.00 |
Fall 2004 GEOL 1122 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 1b | 8 | 67% | 3.16 |
Fall 2005 GEOL 1122 | 64 | 19 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1c | 2 | 77% | 3.05 |
Fall 2006 GEOL 1122d | 47 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1d | 1 | 76% | 2.94 |
Fall 2007 GEOL 1122d | 43 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 81% | 2.98 |
Fall 2008 GEOL 1122d | 29 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 86% | 3.15 |
Spring 2009 GEOL 1122d | 17 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1e | 2 | 87% | 3.19 |
Fall 2009 GEOL 1122d | 31 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 94% | 3.37 |
Fall 2010 GEOL 1122d | 27 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83% | 3.19 |
Fall 2011 GEOL 1122d | 44 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 2a | 1c | 5 | 85% | 3.06 |
Fall 2012 GEOL 1122d | 44 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 82% | 3.14 |
Fall 2013 GEOL 1122d | 56 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 83% | 3.24 |
Fall 2014 AM GEOL 1122d | 56 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 1a | 1b | 7 | 88% | 3.21 |
Fall 2014 PM GEOL 1122d | 35 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82% | 3.28 |
Fall 2015 GEOL 1122d | 76 | 28 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1b | 7 | 90% | 3.29 |
Fall 2016 AM GEOL 1122d | 35 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 82% | 3.30 |
Fall 2016 PM GEOL 1122d | 25 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 92% | 3.10 |
Fall 2017 TR1 GEOL 1122d | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1b | 5 | 80% | 3.10 |
Fall 2017 TR2 GEOL 1122d | 46 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79% | 3.25 |
Fall 2018 TR2 GEOL 1122d | 30 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 1f | 0 | - | 97% | 3.27 |
Fall 2018 TR3 GEOL 1122d | 53 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | 87% | 3.31 |
Fall 2019 TR2 GEOL 1122d | 50 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 76% | 3.18 |
Fall 2019 TR3 GEOL 1122d | 88 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 85% | 3.15 |
YEAR | Enroll- ment | As | Bs | Cs | Ds | Fs | Ws | % As & Bs of non-Ws | Class GPA |
aThese people were never seen in lecture after the first week of classes.
bThis person did not show up for the final exam.
cThis person took neither the second midterm nor the final exam.
dGrades for 2006 and thereafter include "+"s and "-"s, but "+"s and "-"s are not shown to maintain consistency with previous years.
eThis person took none of the exams.
fThis person attended seven of the twenty-eight lectures.
Persons unfamiliar with grade distributions and class GPAs may be unaware that
_ Some students remain enrolled in classes to keep financial aid and loans, despite not taking exams.
_ Some last-semester students take a course only to get the credits and aspire to only a D.
_ Some students drift away from their University existence without terminating their enrollment.
The result of all three is that there are low grades that have nothing to do with how demanding a class was or was not.
Here are some of the histograms of grades on past exams. Some points to note are:
1) The high score is always greater than 95 and is commonly 100, suggesting that these exams are not impossibly difficult.
2) Distributions for Exam I typically include very low (<50) scores because some students fail to accept that they have to come to class and study to do well in the course.
Spring 2008 Exam II:
Fall 2003 Exam 1:
Fall 2002 Exam 1: