Professor Margot was a great professor, although sometimes her explanations were confusing at times. This class was pretty challenging for me, not gonna lie. The structure of the class is clicker quizzes, clicker participation points, homework, 2 midterm and a final.

The way the class is set up is that at the beginning of class, Margot will have a clicker quiz. There are 20 total quizzes, but you only need to get the answer correct for 10 of them to get full points on quizzes. Throughout her presentation, there will be various clicker participation opportunities. In addition, participation is accounted from attending discussion, in which you need to sign in. Discussions basically go over a couple of problems that are assigned on the homework. If you do well on the quizzes, homework and get all participation points, then you have enough points which equate to one midterm.

Margot structures the class in which she goes off a straight scale. She will not curve the class, but she may bring the scale down, so there is an opportunity for many people to get A's. I ended up with an A in the course, but to be honest, I was surprised. I did very poorly on both midterms. I got D's on both midterms and for both midterms, I was below the average. The first midterm I was about 10 points below the average and for the second midterm, I was 4-5 points below the average. Even before taking the final, I calculated that I needed to get a B on the final just to get a C+ in the class. But I guess I did pretty well on the final and also Margot may have shifted the grading scale down, so I was able to get an A in the course. So I hope my case gives hope to some people and just study hard for each midterm so that you wont have to study extra hard on the final to pass the class. You can do it!