Bi-annual Grade Anxiety Amelioration Program

[Subbarao Kambhampati <rao@asu.edu>]

Folks

 I have been meaning to send this mail earlier than the course withdrawal deadline, but got side-tracked into various deadlines. Better late than never.. 

I wanted to reiterate something I had said at the beginning of the semester about letter grades in this course. 

As I said, I don't go with 95-->A+; 90-->A  sort of scale. So, you shouldn't worry too much based just on your
cumulatives. 

I also recognize that people who can't keep up with the demands of the course leave early on (or don't register to begin with--thanks to the miracle of internet-word-of-mouth)--thus I normally don't have the
same kind of bottom distribution as might be present in other classes. 

My general advice to anyone who has come up to this point in the course and has done all assignments, and is enjoying the 
course, is to de-stress (note the "de" not "di") and continue (unless you need absolute guarantee of an A+). Your personal mileage of course may vary.

Rao


ps: If it helps, here are the final cumulatives and the actual reported grades for a previous offering of this course. The first 
three are 471 and the rest are 598. This is for illustrative purposes.
 There are *no* implicit guarantees that if you get those points, you will get those grades. If you have other questions, feel free to 
send me email.

88.40	A+
79.57	A
62.83	B
91.97	A+
90.61	A+
87.55	A+
85.76	A
85.11	A
84.34	A
84.00	A
83.88	A
83.85	A
81.27	A-
79.92	B+
78.76	B+
78.63	B+
74.76	B
69.64	B
69.35	B