Guys what exactly is a Mid-Term?

I'm taking an AP course this semester and since its college credit my teacher said we will have a mid term in March. Common sense tells me that it's an exam that you take in the middle of a semester, but I don't know what to expect. Is it equivalent or less difficult than a final exam?

Please tell me your experiences with mid terms and how you feel about them.

Thanks!

Cumulative test of everything you have learned so far but because its in the middle  of the term hence mid term. In college there are no weekly test and your entire grade is based on two test for the entire semester your midterm and final test. You still being in high school the midterm is probably only going to simulate (as in your grade isn't solely determined by your midterm and final test scores) what its like being in college as you probably still have a test every week or so.

All I gotta say is step it up kid

It's like a final exam that has all the stuff you learned so far on it. I think it's worth quite a lot but not as much as a final. Luckily my school stopped giving out mi-terms when i was in grade 6  =)

"Cumulative test of everything you have learned so far but because its in the middle  of the term hence mid term. In college there are no weekly test and your entire grade is based on two test for the entire semester your midterm and final test. You still being in high school the midterm is probably only going to simulate (as in your grade isn't solely determined by your midterm and final test scores) what its like being in college as you probably still have a test every week or so.

All I gotta say is step it up kid"

I do not have a clue what a mid term is.

One semester worth of testing, that lasts several days. Two semesters for me in High School, don't know about everyone else. Final Exam is essentially the same thing, basically the last few days of school and covers the second (and last) semester.

"StaticFalconar said:

"Cumulative test of everything you have learned so far but because its in the middle  of the term hence mid term. In college there are no weekly test and your entire grade is based on two test for the entire semester your midterm and final test. You still being in high school the midterm is probably only going to simulate (as in your grade isn't solely determined by your midterm and final test scores) what its like being in college as you probably still have a test every week or so.

All I gotta say is step it up kid"

Thanks, but damn college sounds hard! Your whole grade for the semester is based on 2 exams? That sucks!"

Just keep up with the material and mid-terms aren't so bad. I came to prefer the 2-4 tests per semester being the only thing that makes up my grade, other than lab grades sometimes (went to school for biology).

It will test everything you've learned to date more detailed than the same content would be tested in the final exam, however the final exam is usually cumulative so it makes up for it in quantity. It's about the same "difficulty" as a final, but probably not as long.

huh, a mid term for me (as a high schooler) was just a report card type thing...but halfway throught the semester.

A mid term is just a cumulative test for the first half of the semester.  If your teacher is cool the final will only cover the material presented after the midterm.  A grade based only off 3 exams and a final may seem like money, but trust me when it comes to upper level math and science courses you'll wish you had those homework points to fall back on. 

"StaticFalconar said:

"Cumulative test of everything you have learned so far but because its in the middle  of the term hence mid term. In college there are no weekly test and your entire grade is based on two test for the entire semester your midterm and final test. You still being in high school the midterm is probably only going to simulate (as in your grade isn't solely determined by your midterm and final test scores) what its like being in college as you probably still have a test every week or so.

All I gotta say is step it up kid"

Thanks, but damn college sounds hard! Your whole grade for the semester is based on 2 exams? That sucks!"

It counts as part as your final grade like sort of a final exam mainly everything that you'll see on the final.

its like btween 3rd and 4th quarter

"StaticFalconar said:

"Cumulative test of everything you have learned so far but because its in the middle  of the term hence mid term. In college there are no weekly test and your entire grade is based on two test for the entire semester your midterm and final test. You still being in high school the midterm is probably only going to simulate (as in your grade isn't solely determined by your midterm and final test scores) what its like being in college as you probably still have a test every week or so.

All I gotta say is step it up kid"

Thanks, but damn college sounds hard! Your whole grade for the semester is based on 2 exams? That sucks!"

It is like a final exam except it covers everything from the first two marking periods. It is graded, at my school, as 10% of my final grade for the course, another 10% going to the final. Each marking period counts as 20% as a result.

A test in the middle of the quarter/semester.

Sometimes they suck, sometimes they're great. Depends on the professor.

My mid-terms are on Monday. Of course, I am still in middle school, so for me this is just a giant test on everything I learned. Which sucks. Which reminds me, what am I doing here? I should be studying. But anyways, could luck on your midterms.