odd grading?

IowaStatePhiPsi · #1 09-22-2004, 09:20 AM

So according to the class website, I did better than 90% of the class on the first test in my anatomy & physiology class... but it's still a C...

Anyone else encountering odd grading systems?

Rudey · #2 09-22-2004, 10:53 AM

I scored in the top 5% of an organic chemistry class and got a C- on that exam.

-Rudey
--Chicago was known for it's stupid anti-grade inflation policy

Kevin · #3 09-22-2004, 11:08 AM

Anti-Grade Inflation is all the rage right now. It's doing nothing more than making many good students look stubstandard.

GeekyPenguin · #4 09-27-2004, 09:30 AM

The average grade over the past 5 years in one of my econ classes has been a FORTY FIVE. I don't care how much you hate grade inflation, that's just obscene.

kappaloo · #5 09-27-2004, 10:15 AM

Yep. My school did that a lot, meaning we all get screwed over on grad school applications. I mean, how do you explain to an admissions board that really, you can do grad school level work, and that it's just that your school marks harder than most.

RACooper · #6 10-03-2004, 10:37 PM

Hmmm... seen it up here for a while... it's been a policy of the University of Toronto that student marks for a class should average out to around a 65%... Professors even have to explain themselves and their marking if there are "too many" high grades (say about 1/3rd of the class above a 70).

Might explain why the Grad school application requires only a 3.0 for UofT students...

IowaStatePhiPsi · #7 01-12-2005, 12:22 PM

Yay! grading system for the math course I'm in is screwy right now, so when I checked my grade on day 3 of the semester this is what I get:

Scores:
Overall: 125.0% = A

EPTriSigma · #8 01-12-2005, 04:23 PM

Our school has straight A, B, C, D, F.... there is no such thing as a + or - ! It has worked for me more times than against me thought so I like it.

KSUViolet06 · #9 01-12-2005, 04:32 PM

Our school is adopting a +/- grading system in Fall 2005. I'm not particularly excited about it.

#10 01-12-2005, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BetaRose
I thought that UF's grading system was a little odd. It was a plus only scale, but there were no pluses for A or E grades. So the scale looked like this:

A = 4.0
B+ = 3.5
B = 3.0
C+ = 2.5
C = 2.0
D+ = 1.5
D = 1.0
E = 0.0

It kind of stunk that there were no A+ (4.5) or E+ (0.5) grades to either recognize your hard work, or to save your butt from potential academic suspension, respectively.

Baylor has this same system. Some departments (like the religion department I know for sure) say you have to make a 94 before you can get an A. (and an 84 is a B, 83=C+, etc). It stinks when you apply to a graduate/law/medical school because they turn all those +s into regular Bs or Cs, so your GPA is lowered.

Exquisite5 · #11 01-26-2005, 12:38 AM

Texas A&M had plain old A, B, C, D, F- I didn't really care for this because there were SOOO many times I scored an 88 or 89 in a class and all I could do was go GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

However, I love law school here at Howard, we just get numbers. During the first year the curve is averaged to 81-83, during the second and third years it is 83-85. I like this alot better, although its considered a "low" curve for law school.