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alum 06-09-2007 03:14 PM

Grading Policy?
 
I'm just curious about college and university grading policy. My alma mater and H's grad school had straight letter grades without modifiers. My D's school and my H's undergrad used letter grades with +'s and -'s. MIT is all pass/fail the freshmen year and the registrar doesn't calculate modifiers in the GPA.

Not that you can change your college policy but does anyone have a preference?

jubilance1922 06-09-2007 03:46 PM

My undergrad used + and -, while my grad school didn't. I prefer the + and - system, but both have pros and cons.

Senusret I 06-09-2007 03:58 PM

I would prefer a re-calibrated "+ -" system in which a B- was a 3.0. :D

My GPA woulda been SOOOOOO MUCH better that way!

KSUViolet06 06-09-2007 06:28 PM

My school (Kent State) switched from straight letter grades to plus/minus while I was still in school, so I've experienced both.

I prefer straight letter grades, for one reason: if you have all A's, you have a 4.0.


Munchkin03 06-14-2007 08:05 PM

Undergrad: A/B/C/No Credit or Pass/Fail
Columbia Architecture: High Pass/Pass/Low Pass/Fail. No letter grades, no GPAs.

GeekyPenguin 06-15-2007 07:24 PM

1st UG: letter grades with +/-
2nd UG: A, AB, B, BC, C, CD, D, F
Law school: letter grades with +/-

I hate the way our law school does it only because the other 3 in town have an A=4.3 and an A-=4.0, and at our school an A is a 4.0 and an A- is a 3.7.

Drolefille 06-15-2007 10:57 PM

Undergrad: Started out just +'s (A, B+, B, C+ etc.) although some schools used -'s too. The entire university transitioned to +/- partway through my time there.
Grad: +/-

No A+ at either.

AUDeltaGam 06-16-2007 12:01 AM

Undergrad: A, B, C, D, F
Grad: A, B+, B, C


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