taelor comments on Calibrate your self-assessments - LessWrong

68 Post author: Yvain 09 October 2011 11:26PM

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Comment author: Solvent 11 October 2011 07:29:05AM 4 points [-]

I often walk out of an exam thinking I did brilliantly, only to be highly surprised with my crap grades later.

Comment author: taelor 12 October 2011 10:29:58PM 0 points [-]

Interestingly, just yesterday, I got back the results of a math test and an English paper. I was convinced I was firmly in the B+ range on the test, and ended up with a C-; I was also convinced that I was in the C+ range on the paper, and got a solid A. I've noticed that my expectations are often inaccurate, but they're accurate enough that I'm hesitant to simply negate them.