I've spoken to the academic advisors before about a different issue (twice actually) and both times were utterly useless. All they did was read to me the requirements and course descriptions, all of which I can do myself. Sometimes I wondered by just how much the advisors I saw actually passed high school as they sat there, smiled, spat information to me that was nearly word-for-word in the online academic calender and assumed that somehow that'd clarify my questions, which it did not. I saw them again, hoping I'd get a more competant advisor, however, that did not happen, the second person was equally incompetant as the first. So, I have no desire to see a third academic advisor as doing so would once again waste my time and effort.

The class averages are not up yet so I do not know, however, I do know that for the genetics tests, the averages were well in the 40%-low 50% range. I assume that for the exam, the average was around 50-60%, however, that's a random guess on my part.

For me, a 75% and above is a suitable grade, anything below that is nothing to be proud of. Ideally an 80% and above, however, bare minimum to be suitable is a 75%. A 60% and below is something you should be ashamed about. A 50% and below is something not worth mentioning unless one wants to degrade themselves even more.

I want more than a simple pass, if I wanted a pass then I'd have slacked off much more, however, I want a mark that looks very nice. To me, a 70% regardless of the course is not something to be proud of, it's something that shows that you vaguely understand the concepts. If I do my best, then I "smile" based off of the grade, not the simple concept of how much effort I put into it. If I did my best and got a 50%, then I'm going to be even angrier. The glory and gratification comes from the numbers, not the mere concept of how much effort one put it and the subjective, useless concept of how well one thinks they did. Both of those are useless to me as they serve no purpose other than to provide greater chance of falsified information, completely subjective information I might add.