Total semester points now up to date.

The "Total semester points" row in your My Grades page is now up to date: best two of three midterms + writing points plus whatever bonus points you have. That is 80 + 20 regular points possible plus whatever bonus points you have snagged. Almost everybody has at least a bonus point or so.

So... we have 100 regular points on the books. This means your total semester points today gives you the percentage level of your semester work as you go into the final. The semester grades will not be final until we actually take the final exam, but going into the final here is how your grades work out:

1. If you have 90 or more points, you are carrying an A average into the final.
2. If you have 75 points or more, that is a B average, going into the final.
3. 60 points or more, and you have a C average going into the final exam.
4. A passing grade, D average, going into the final is 50 points or more.
5. Fewer than 50 points now means you have a failing grade going into the final.

Don't get too confident or lackadaisical -- that final exam is 80 big points and it's going to be rugged, if for no other reason than it being cumulative, every topic since September.

So continue to bear down and study like crazy. Finish strong, and take home your absolute best performance.