Comments on: Always Do the Extra Credit

By: Zeenie

Zeenie — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:09:53 +0000

I’m usually too lazy to do the extra credit, but if it’s in a class where my grade is in jeopardy, I’ll do it.
My math teacher gives us 2 points on every test if we write the value of the number e. It’s a grade-saver! But most of my teachers don’t do that.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:42:32 +0000

Only those in the highest classes in my school got the choice of extra work like that which always seemed wrong to me. As long as you’ve time to do it, extra work is worth it. I didn’t think that so much at the time, but any courses I do in future I’ll definitely be doing as much work as I can.

By: Clem

Clem — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:41:51 +0000

We don’t get much extra credit here – once in awhile we’ll have the option to hand something in early and get a bonus of 5%. I’ll do it occasionally; if I feel like my project would benefit more from having an extra week, I’ll opt out of the extra 5%, but otherwise I’ll do it.

I wish we had more extra credit options. :( I could use it in some cases!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:28:41 +0000

Hmmm, your high school system must work differently to ours. I’ve only just started at uni, so I haven’t had a chance to get any grades, let alone improve them. But i don’t think i would get any though :/

By: Caity

Caity — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:49:56 +0000

I always did the extra credit, too. It never hurt even if I had an A. You’re so right though. You never know what is going to happen so it’s always good to be prepared just in case.

PS: I love your little “For the tl;dr crowd:” – it made me giggle.

By: Manda

Manda — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:29:23 +0000

To me, it matters to improve your grade – even if it is only by 0.1% – if the grade is being weighted heavily in your overall average! On the exam I mention in my entry, for example, I was awarded three extra points (out of 100) to my grade, which counts for 15% of my overall grade. 3 points is enough to move you up a fraction of a letter grade (eg from a B to a B+, a B+ to an A-, etc), and in my experience, that can make all the difference in your final class grade.

By: Krissy ♥

Krissy ♥ — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:20:44 +0000

I never do extra credit stuff. XD Like you, there’s rarely the opportunity to do it in the first place, but any time I was ever given the chance to, the amount of work you had to put into it wasn’t worth how much it counted for in the end. Upping my grade by .1% didn’t matter to me for all of the hours I would have to put into the assignment.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:36:38 +0000

Yes, I definitely learned this after my first semester of university. It stinks when your whole grade is comprised of the mid-term and final because if you bomb one of them, there goes your grade for the class. So I always do any extra credit work regardless of what my grade is. Even if it was good, you just never know when you might have an off day taking the next test.

By: Kaylee

Kaylee — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:20:23 +0000

The only teacher I have who is giving an extra credit opportunity is the one who makes it really easy to get 100% in the first place… I’m still gonna do the extra credit, though! :P

By: Manda

Manda — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:38:14 +0000

…this is why I am not a math major. LOL. I’ve fixed it, thanks!