Final grades for the course

Last updated: 23 January 2008

Here is the grade information for Contracts section 2.   The grades are based primarily on the final exam, but I did raise a number of grades based on superior memo performance and contributions to class discussion, as promised.   


Overall distribution:
Grade #

Actual

Official 1L curve
   

%

Cumulative %

%

Cumulative %
A+ 1 3.2%   NA*  
A 2 6.5% 9.7% 5-10%  
A- 8 25.8% 35.5% 12-18% 20-25%
B+ 8 25.8% 61.3% 25-35% 45-55%
B 10 32.3% 93.5% 30-40% 85-93%
B- 2 6.5% 100.0% 7-15% NA*
C 0 0.0% 100.0% NA* 100.0%

* Under the official 1L curve, there is no requirement to award any grades below B-, but the teacher has discretion to do so in appropriate cases. Similarly, the teacher has discretion to award at most one A+.