What will your grade be with a zero

Question

Let’s say you have an 82 in your class and two projects worth 10% of your grade. On one of them, you get a 100%, but the other you get a 0. What will your grade be and can you recover from it with two tests and a final exam left?

Answer 1

Hello Calli,

You problem still has several unknown factors which would need to be considered before a definite answer can be given, but from what you have stated so far I can say the following. If you are wondering what the outcome of your final grade will be, well fortunately it is still possible to get C+, and possibly a B, if you can continue doing well in the rest of the course. The unfortunate news, is that since the project was worth 10% of your grade and the grade on that one was a 0 then is is not going to be possible to get above a 90% for your final grade.

To get an idea of what your final grade will be simply take whatever grade you would expect to have by combining all other assignments, not including the zero on the project, and subtract 10% from this grade. (since, the project was worth 10% of the final grade and it counts as zero that is a straight -10% to your final grade). So for example, if you continued performing as as you currently are and maintained 82% average on all the rest of the assignments in the class then your final grade would likely by 72%. Although a C, it is still a passing grade. However, since you got a 100% on the other project this helps you little bit, and from my own calculations if you got at least an 88% on the rest of the class assignments you should be able to end up with at least a B- overall. Not too bad. You can definitely do alright in the class still, but you have to keep your performance up!