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Karma Points

You get karma points for different types of activities, like answering another member's question on the Q&A board, submitting a solution, adding a resource or referring your friends. You can redeem your points for cool rewards.

Karma Point Rewards
You can redeem your points for rewards. You will maintain your Board Level after redeeming your points.

Karma Points: 80,000
Karma Points: 80,000
Karma Points: 80,000
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

Board Level Karma Points Questions to Ask Per Day Private Messages Per Day
1 Rookie 0 1 5
2 Novice 25 2 7
3 Pupil 50 3 10
4 Apprentice 100 4 10
5 Scholar 200 5 15
6 Mentor 400 6 20
7 Expert 800 7 25
8 Guru 1600 8 35
9 Sage 3200 9 50
10 Oracle 6400 10 75

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 Gold or Platinum 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

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 Q&A board:

  Answering Calculus, Physics and Economics Questions Asked By
Ratings Non-paid Member Gold Member (+4) Platinum Member (+8)
Lifesaver (max 1 per question) 6 10 14
Helpful 3 7 11
Somewhat Helpful 1 1 1
Not Helpful 0 0 0

Chats
You earn karma points based on the rating given by the member who requested the Chat and the Course.
Select the Course:

   Responding to Chats in this Course will give you Karma Points as below
Ratings Paid Member
Lifesaver 5
Helpful 4
Somewhat Helpful 3
Not Helpful 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.

Alternate Textbook Solutions
You can earn a maximum of 15 karma points per alternate solution submission. Each member may only submit one alternate solution per problem. The exact points awarded per submission are determined by the sole discretion of Cramster's experts.

Alternate Solution Quality Karma Points
High-quality, full alternate solution, broken down step-by-step Up to 15
Part of an alternate solution, difficult to read or lacking quality Up to 5
Resource Submissions
You can earn a maximum of 5 KP per Resource submission. The exact points awarded per submission are determined both by the type of the resource and the quality of the resource.

Submission Type Karma Points
Lecture Note Up to 3 points
Practice Exam/Quiz Up to 5 points
Practice Exam/Quiz Up to 5 points
Video Lecture Up to 2 points
Equation/Crib Sheet Up to 3 points
Outline Up to 3 points
Helpful Web Page Link Up to 1 point

Ways to Lose Karma Points

Ways to Lose Karma Points

Karma Points
Q&A board - Asking multiple questions in a single post -5 points
Q&A 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 , 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 Remember that, in addition to the risk of termination of your Cramster account, you can lose karma points by failing to comply with the and the other terms and conditions applicable to the particular activity or service (including the , and the , including any attempt to fix or transfer the earning or loss of any karma points without the express permission of Cramster.

Last updated: 02/15/10
 
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