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DarkDragoon
Pancake
posted 10-15-2002 05:17:57 PM
sorry... I just need to get this off my chest
@!%#)(%!)(#@&(&%@!#%@!# GOD DAMN MOTHER F#@@!#
My dumb ass college appearently has a fucked up grading system... I got a final score of 93.5% and they gave me a A-. evendently anything less then a 96 is a A-. of course having a A- ruined my 4.0 and now I have a 3.98 WTF!?! *sighs* (oh, and I cannot get a
A+ so it's impossible to raise my GPA back)
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MorbId
Pancake
posted 10-15-2002 05:19:23 PM
A 96 or a 97 is the only way to get an A, then?
Monica
I've got an owie on my head :(
posted 10-15-2002 05:20:30 PM
my grade in english went from a 93 to an 84 because i got a 24% on our independent reading and i had a zero from an assignment i didn't turn in.

but it's not a C and it's for 9 weeks, not semester grades, so i don't mind.

yeah buddy.

DarkDragoon
Pancake
posted 10-15-2002 05:24:11 PM
no, anything higher then a 96 is just a plain A. you could get a 160% and you still get just a "A"
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Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 10-15-2002 05:25:32 PM
Oh, God forbid. Unless you need to maintain a 4.0 for a scholarship, don't sweat it.
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MorbId
Pancake
posted 10-15-2002 05:26:37 PM
quote:
There was much rejoicing when DarkDragoon said this:
no, anything higher then a 96 is just a plain A. you could get a 160% and you still get just a "A"

That's even more stupid. There's no point in having points or ranks if they're not going to possible.

I had an english teacher who went by the same principle. She said that Dickens himself would probably only get a 97 or 98 on her assignments.

DarkDragoon
Pancake
posted 10-15-2002 05:31:04 PM
And yes Karnaj, It will cost me a scholarship, which is why I AM sweating it.
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Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 10-15-2002 05:35:40 PM
That's ridiculous. What school realistically expects someone to be perfect their entire time there?
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Razor
posted 10-15-2002 08:21:07 PM
quote:
So quoth Karnaj:
That's ridiculous. What school realistically expects someone to be perfect their entire time there?

Let's see, all the UC's, base of 4.2 for most programs, and 3.8 for an undecided. SDSU requires a 3.6 for Undecided, and over a 4.0 for impacted. this follows at most CSU schools.

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Naota Nandaba
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posted 10-15-2002 10:42:47 PM
quote:
Razor got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Let's see, all the UC's, base of 4.2 for most programs, and 3.8 for an undecided. SDSU requires a 3.6 for Undecided, and over a 4.0 for impacted. this follows at most CSU schools.

For Cali only


If they want that, then I don't want to be a student there.

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what
posted 10-15-2002 10:50:31 PM
I have never hit a 90 in my life

I am content in the 75+ range

Naimah
In a Fire
posted 10-15-2002 11:31:09 PM
My current unweighted GPA is like 3.14 or something like that. I am a solid B student, oh yea.
StarShadow
Pancake
posted 10-16-2002 06:23:42 AM
Does anyone mind explaining how the grading system in America works? I'd be interested to compare it to the Australian system.

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Razor
posted 10-16-2002 12:00:40 PM
4.0 = straight a's
3.5 = A/B, depends of district
3.0 = B
2.0 = C
1.5 = D
lower = fail
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Tatsukaze
wants Kloie's mom OH SO BAD
posted 10-16-2002 12:13:19 PM
4.3 A+ 98-100
4.0 A 93-98
3.7 A- 90-93
3.4 B+ 88-90
3.1 B 83-88
2.8 B- 80-83
2.5 C+ 78-80
2.3 C 73-78
2.0 C- 70-73
0.0 F <70

I think.

Sidenote: Me goes to same school as Kegwen.

Razor
posted 10-16-2002 12:22:35 PM
That looks like an AP adapted scale
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`Doc
Cold in an Alley
posted 10-16-2002 12:41:19 PM
quote:
Razor wrote this stupid crap:
Let's see, all the UC's, base of 4.2 for most programs, and 3.8 for an undecided. SDSU requires a 3.6 for Undecided, and over a 4.0 for impacted. this follows at most CSU schools.

For Cali only


If an A is a 4.0, and it's the highest grade you can get, how exactly is someone supposed to get a 4.2? Every college I know of only has grades up to 4.0, with A=4 B=3 C=2 D=1 F=0. There are some colleges I've heard about where F=-4, and most colleges also have intermediary grades (A-, C+, etc).
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StarShadow
Pancake
posted 10-17-2002 07:07:09 AM
In most of Australia, you final mark is out of 100, split into 0.05 intervals.

99.95 is the highest possible score, but the calculation of our ENTER (Equivalent National Tertairy Entrance Ranking) is really complicated as it involves scaling, sixth studies and unholy, dark magic.

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Redmage Darkrayver
Moron
posted 10-17-2002 08:22:55 AM
quote:
tatsukaze00 wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
F <60

At least that's how it went at college I think.

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