It sounds about the same--basically, that final paper is the final test in the class, right? Majority of your class grade, yadda yadda?
I can't imagine something like that being so difficult that getting over 90% would be nearly impossible. Not all my classes had that, but a few did, and as long as I studied, I probably regularly got within 92-98%. Less if I didn't study/didn't thoroughly understand the text.
However, this was my major, and what I'm good at. Majors did well, non-majors, not quite so well, obviously. If I'd had to do something like that outside my major, in the sciences, say, then I may have only scored in the high 80's.
I'm a good student/test-taker, however. I've never understood the personality that freezes up at exams, even when they know the material. (And like you mentioned, being a good tester doesn't mean you're well-educated...I can guarantee that most of the information in my head got cache-dumped shortly after the exam!)
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I can't imagine something like that being so difficult that getting over 90% would be nearly impossible. Not all my classes had that, but a few did, and as long as I studied, I probably regularly got within 92-98%. Less if I didn't study/didn't thoroughly understand the text.
However, this was my major, and what I'm good at. Majors did well, non-majors, not quite so well, obviously. If I'd had to do something like that outside my major, in the sciences, say, then I may have only scored in the high 80's.
I'm a good student/test-taker, however. I've never understood the personality that freezes up at exams, even when they know the material. (And like you mentioned, being a good tester doesn't mean you're well-educated...I can guarantee that most of the information in my head got cache-dumped shortly after the exam!)