Just failed my midterm

lost-and-found · 02-03-05, 11:25 PM

<rant mode> I'm a straight A student, but ME 217 w/ Dashner..... That mofo is CRAAAAZY. 1 hour to do 4 freaking hard problems....I didn't get an answer to ANY of them, I'm counting on partial credit to at least get me to 30%. I don't think ANYBODY finished in our class.....

MY GOD I'm gonna fail that class</rant mode>

krk230 · 02-04-05, 12:24 AM

dr. dashner...aka dr. D? lol...

its ok man...its in the past...now study up and do well on the next midterm...

**PandaMoOo** · 02-04-05, 11:01 AM

Dashner is one tough cookie, that is for sure. The material requires a lot of comprehensive thinking, and Dashner always pushes the line.

For the next midterm, I recommend trying to understand the concepts and practice going through the problems conceptually really really quickly. He tends to make his tests just barely enough time for people who understand the material well.

Tip: Look for tricks to make the problem simple, go over his examples in class and learn what tricks he used there, he normally reuses them during the exams.

Luck is also needed. I took his ME215 class and pulled a B+, I was #1 or #2 in his class too, I learned a lot though!

Good luck!

JPWRana · 02-04-05, 11:02 PM

i got a D- for a midterm that i studied VERY hard for this whole quarter. I just hope 2get atleast a D- for the class... but im still pissed off about my grade. It REALLY doesn't reflect how much i actually know in the class.

scannergeek · 02-05-05, 11:04 AM

Last week I took my midterm for ECE 405. I thought I flunked it (I was really sick when I took it), but I got it back and got an 80!!!

I write this not to brag, but to explain that there's always hope. Does he curve grades? Hopefully everyone else did bad. When I took PHY 133, the average for one of the tests was 34!!!!!

lost-and-found · 02-05-05, 11:59 AM

Scannergeek, no Dashner does not curve. He does change the scale a little bit, but it is still not enough for such a tough course and such a difficult professor as himself :\.

02-03-05, 11:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
lost-and-found Active Member Joined: Nov 2003 Location: La Verne Posts: 82	Just failed my midterm <rant mode> I'm a straight A student, but ME 217 w/ Dashner..... That mofo is CRAAAAZY. 1 hour to do 4 freaking hard problems....I didn't get an answer to ANY of them, I'm counting on partial credit to at least get me to 30%. I don't think ANYBODY finished in our class..... MY GOD I'm gonna fail that class</rant mode>

02-04-05, 11:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
PandaMoOo GCP.com Admin Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Mission Viejo, CA Posts: 401	Dashner is one tough cookie, that is for sure. The material requires a lot of comprehensive thinking, and Dashner always pushes the line. For the next midterm, I recommend trying to understand the concepts and practice going through the problems conceptually really really quickly. He tends to make his tests just barely enough time for people who understand the material well. Tip: Look for tricks to make the problem simple, go over his examples in class and learn what tricks he used there, he normally reuses them during the exams. Luck is also needed. I took his ME215 class and pulled a B+, I was #1 or #2 in his class too, I learned a lot though! Good luck! __________________ -PandaMoOo- www.GradeCalPoly.com

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02-04-05, 12:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
krk230 Enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Location: South OC Posts: 172	dr. dashner...aka dr. D? lol... its ok man...its in the past...now study up and do well on the next midterm...

02-04-05, 11:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
JPWRana Guru Joined: Oct 2003 Location: where the 605 and 10 fwy's cross Posts: 884	i got a D- for a midterm that i studied VERY hard for this whole quarter. I just hope 2get atleast a D- for the class... but im still pissed off about my grade. It REALLY doesn't reflect how much i actually know in the class.

02-05-05, 11:04 AM	#5 (permalink)
scannergeek Active Member Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Fullerton Posts: 109	Last week I took my midterm for ECE 405. I thought I flunked it (I was really sick when I took it), but I got it back and got an 80!!! I write this not to brag, but to explain that there's always hope. Does he curve grades? Hopefully everyone else did bad. When I took PHY 133, the average for one of the tests was 34!!!!!

02-05-05, 11:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
lost-and-found Active Member Joined: Nov 2003 Location: La Verne Posts: 82	Scannergeek, no Dashner does not curve. He does change the scale a little bit, but it is still not enough for such a tough course and such a difficult professor as himself :\.