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Karma Points

You get karma points for different types of activities, like answering another member's question on the Answer Board, submitting a solution, challenging a solution, adding a resource or referring your friends. You can redeem your points for cool rewards. Visit our Rewards Section.
Karma Point Rewards
You can redeem your points for rewards. You will maintain your Board Level after redeeming your points.
Karma Points: 15,000
Karma Points: 8,000
Karma Points: 8,000
Special! Only 6,500 points.
(Special ends 8/19/2008)
Board Level
The more karma points you get the higher your board level. If you redeem your karma points for rewards, you will still keep the same board level. View our current Karma Point Leaderboard.
Board Level Karma Points Questions to
Ask Per Day
1 Rookie 0 1
2 Novice 25 2
3 Pupil 50 3
4 Apprentice 100 4
5 Scholar 200 5
6 Mentor 400 6
7 Expert 800 7
8 Guru 1600 8
9 Sage 3200 9
10 Oracle 6400 10
Refer-a-Friend
You can earn 10 karma points when you refer a friend who signs up as a Free Member.
You can earn 100 karma points for a friend who signs up as a Premium Member.
There is no limit to the number of friends you can refer, provided that the referrals are legitimate and do not amount to an abuse of the Karma Points Program, as further described in the Terms of Use.
Answers
You earn karma points based on the rating awarded by the member who asked the question, their membership status, and the difficulty level of the board.
Select the type of Answer Board:
  Answering Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology Questions Asked By
Ratings Non-paid
Member
Monthly
Paid Member (+2)
Annual
Paid Member (+4)

Lifesaver (max 1 per question)

6 8 10

Helpful

3 5 7

Somewhat Helpful

1 3 5
Not Helpful 0 0 0
Member Submitted Solutions
You can earn 25 or more karma points per complete solution. Points vary per textbook problem. The exact points awarded are determined by the sole discretion of our Experts.
Challenges
You can earn a maximum of 15 karma points per Challenge submission. The exact points awarded per activity are determined by the sole discretion of our SMEs.
Challenge Activity Karma Points

Informing us of typos or spelling mistakes

Up to 2 points
Informing us why our solution is wrong Up to 5 points
Submitting a complete replacement solution Up to 15 points
Ways to Lose Karma Points
Ways to Lose Karma Points Karma Points

Answer Board - Asking multiple questions in a single post

-5 points
Answer Board - Asking a question without the details of the problem (e.g. How do I do problem no. 3?) -5 points
Posting a message or submitting content or materials in violation of Cramster policies Up to 100% of all your points
Remember that, as further described in the Terms of Use, in addition to the risk of termination of your Cramster account, you can lose or be denied karma points by failing to comply with the Terms of Use and the other terms and conditions applicable to the particular activity or service (including the Answer Board TSC, the Practice Problem Project and the Challenge Terms and Conditions), including any attempt to fix or transfer the earning or loss of any karma points without the express permission of Cramster, or any other activity considered to be abuse of the Karma Points Program, as further described in the Terms of Use Remember that, in addition to the risk of termination of your Cramster account, you can lose karma points by failing to comply with the Terms of Use and the other terms and conditions applicable to the particular activity or service (including the Answer Board TSC, and the Challenge Terms and Conditions), including any attempt to fix or transfer the earning or loss of any karma points without the express permission of Cramster.
Last updated: 06/16/08


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