How did everyone do on quiz 4? Does Baliga curve grades at the end of the semester?

3/21/2006 5:11:16 PM

didnt finish it ,and no he wont. I knew how to do pretty much each step of both problems but didnt get to very far. He obviously made that quiz too long because the problems were easy. He wont curve b/c he gives "extra credit" on his exams. He is too self absorbed and arrogant to realize that we are NOT EE majors and so we dont have the background to know this stuff right off. He lectures too fast and speaks like he doesnt want to be there. The only thing he is a "distinguished university professor" about is being a horrible teacher. He is taking perfectly applicable material and making it boring and uninteresting. The book sucks, he sucks, the problem solutions are useless b/c the are only answers so you are screwed if you dont know how to get from point A to point B. I leave his class issed off every day and I want to kick him in the teeth.

Sorry for stealing the thread /rant

3/21/2006 5:26:29 PM

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"I want to kick him in the teeth."

hahahahahaha....

Ok, your post made me feel better. I didn't get very far in the quiz either, and I probably won't pass. I thought I knew the stuff well enough based on the hw....so I went and took the quiz and failed the crap out of it. I wish he would give us shorter problems like in the hw, instead of these longer multistep problems on the quiz. I guess I'm going to just have to somehow become an EE whiz to make sure the rest of the semester goes ok.

3/21/2006 5:32:43 PM

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"didnt finish it ,and no he wont. I knew how to do pretty much each step of both problems but didnt get to very far. He obviously made that quiz too long because the problems were easy. He wont curve b/c he gives "extra credit" on his exams. He is too self absorbed and arrogant to realize that we are NOT EE majors and so we dont have the background to know this stuff right off. He lectures too fast and speaks like he doesnt want to be there. The only thing he is a "distinguished university professor" about is being a horrible teacher. He is taking perfectly applicable material and making it boring and uninteresting. The book sucks, he sucks, the problem solutions are useless b/c the are only answers so you are screwed if you dont know how to get from point A to point B. I leave his class issed off every day and I want to kick him in the teeth. Sorry for stealing the thread /rant "

i hear you on that.

i failed the shit out of the last 2 quizzes but i studying apatly for both. the last quiz especially was nothing like any of the homeworks or the practice quiz online. but im gonna be pissed if i dont pass this fucking class. i'll take a D-, just let me move the fuck on.

3/21/2006 6:28:38 PM

you sound like whiny bitch RJC. You're a senior, you should be passed that stage...

[Edited on March 22, 2006 at 8:28 AM. Reason : d]

[Edited on March 22, 2006 at 8:29 AM. Reason : d]

3/22/2006 8:28:01 AM

I'm in ECE331, but I actually have Osbourne and not Baliga. Osbourne's alright, he doesn't sound anything like what you've described of Baliga.

But I have to say that, so far, his quizzes are killing me.

3/22/2006 11:11:39 AM

i used the sample quiz as a guide for what to study and this was nothing like the sample quiz
oh well, i heard he curves nicely

3/22/2006 11:22:53 AM

baliga doesn't curve. he only put extra bonus points on the quiz if you can get them right. and i hate the class. i probably did bomb that last quiz figuring i was still drawing my phasor diagram with 10 minutes left.

"so can anyone tell me what's the significance of these two phasors? anyone? i'm not letting you out until you tell me." hahaha. what a douche.

3/22/2006 12:11:40 PM

grades are posted online now...didnt do as bad as i thought....79...i'll take it

3/24/2006 4:08:25 PM

what was the maximum score you could get on the last hw (hw 9)?

[Edited on April 10, 2006 at 11:13 PM. Reason : nevermind, i figured it out]

4/10/2006 11:11:19 PM

i wonder how i would do in something like chemical engineering for non-chemical engineers..hmmm

4/11/2006 12:11:48 AM

Once again, I walked into the classroom- ready for the quiz based on the fact that I had little difficulty with the practice quiz....
And once again I walked out of the classroom, ready to throw myself into the middle of the street.


The quiz difficulty wasn't that bad.... but we needed more time, b/c it was definitely not the same as the practice quiz.

4/21/2006 10:18:02 AM

I was trying to tutor someone in 331, before realizing they had covered more than our 211 class did..

4/23/2006 7:08:57 AM

Does anyone have old quizzes for ECE331 (from any professor/semester)? Including the practice ones Dr. Baliga put online throughout this semester (I didn't save them)? I need all the practice I can get.

5/9/2006 1:22:30 PM

for what? did you not pass?

5/9/2006 2:16:51 PM

sadly, no... I did ok on the final, just not well enough to pull my overall grade up. Fortunately, Dr. Baliga was nice enough to inform me of a loophole: Graduating seniors who have met all other requirements (except for the class in question), are eligible for reexamination. The reexamination grade replaces the class grade (up to a C+ is allowed). So the plan is to work every practice quiz I can get my hands on....

5/9/2006 5:46:16 PM

5/9/2006 9:02:13 PM

osbourne has his quizes and notes on the website
you can get to it through the course locker

5/9/2006 9:04:06 PM

this isnt a C wall class so if you got a D you're fine

you know that right?

5/9/2006 10:08:53 PM

^^ thanks, I printed all those out.

^ Yeah, I know, and I did decent on the final, just not well enough to bring my overall grade up to a D.... so I ended up with an F (sad, I know). I know the material, I just never finish the quizzes; that and careless errors were what kept me from acing the final as well. I just want to make sure that I don't screw up the reexamination.

5/10/2006 10:58:35 PM

yeah and Dr. Baliga will not curve. I was .07 points from getting the next letter grade and he would not give it to me.

5/11/2006 11:01:24 AM

^ frustrating, I know...

Good news though, my reexamination was approved, so now another final (which I will ace!) are all that stand between me and graduation.

5/11/2006 3:06:31 PM

never knew about this loophole. will have to remember this in the fall in case i get into trouble; although i doubt i will.

5/11/2006 3:13:28 PM

Yeah, when Dr. Baliga told me about the loophole, I couldn't help but smiling... He's actually quite nice when you go talk to him. But holsteins84 is right, Dr. Baliga will not curve at all, so if anyone out there plans to take the class with him, do not count on that.

5/11/2006 3:29:39 PM

yea i already took this class last year and def well-aware of the no curving thing. lol in addition, the combover he has distracted me all too often in class so sometimes i would miss things.

5/11/2006 3:37:21 PM

I PASSED! I took the reexamination, and got a B.

5/17/2006 1:37:11 PM

congrats

5/17/2006 2:02:15 PM