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Final Exam

Before.

Our one and only final exam is coming up!

The material is everything covered in class, excluding the last tutorials. At the time of the writing of these notes I have not yet written the exam yet, so even if I wanted to, I cannot tell you what's in it. Yet here's how I usually plan my exams:

There will be pre-final office hours as follows: Warning. The dates and times below, except for the final exam itself, are subject to last-minute changes. Check again before you go!

Yet the main studying effort should be yours. When I was a student my technique was "make sure that I understand every single bit of class material and de-emphasize everything else". "Every single bit" means just that, and I took it seriously. "Understand" means "have a mental image of what is going on, know why things are done the way they are done". De-emphasizing everything else was because I was a bum and I valued ice cream more (I still am and I still do). It is not for me to tell you how you should study, though.

HW and TT pick up. All uncollected HW assignments and term tests will be available for pick up at all office hours listed above, except HW9, which will only be available starting December 13.

During.

The exam took place on Wednesday December 19 at 7-10PM (late evening!) at GB405. See it here!

After.

64 students took the exam. The results so far, before appeals, are (median underlined):
100 100 99 99 98 97 97 96 96 94 94 94 94 93 91 91 91 90 89 88 87 87 84 82 81 79 78 75 75 72 72 71 70 65 64 64 63 62 62 59 56 56 56 51 51 49 46 45 44 43 41 39 39 38 37 37 36 35 32 31 28 22 8 8

The overall marks for the class, before appeals and excluding people who missed the final, are (median underlined):

100 99 98 97 97 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 94 93 92 90 90 90 89 88 88 87 86 86 85 85 82 80 78 75 71 69 69 68 65 65 64 64 64 64 63 62 61 59 59 58 58 57 54 53 52 51 50 50 50 47 46 44 44 43 39 38 20 12