Back to this again.

So the ACM 95 final was much happier than the midterm. Too happy, I'm thinking, in that I fear the amount it is easier is greater for others than it was for me. So it will raise their grades more than it will mine. And thus on the relative scale, which determines final grades, I will suffer. I won't lie: I know I shouldn't obsess so much about grades, but I can't help it. Well, at least it seems this term will teach me either to deal with it, or to freak out and transfer (or something).

Four down, two finals to go... As far as I can see, one of them will be all about absolute performance, and the other will be all about relative performance. It will be interesting.

Predictor and response.

I just had an epiphany: my evaluations of finals, based on what I hear from others, are a regression towards the mean. [I heard physics sucked; I didn't think it sucked that much. I heard 95 was okay; I didn't think it was so happy.] Maybe it's just because what I hear affects my expectations.

My remaining two finals, I haven't heard anything about.

So close to being done...