grades

[frandroid]

well, my cosc assignment did not compile, but I did score 93% in evolution. cool. Maybe I'll pull off an A+ in that course after all.

Is anyone else going to an institution that gives out at A for 80%, instead of 90% like it seems everywhere else that is not York U is giving out?

Comments

[joocelyn.livejournal.com]

at UBC 80% was an A. i forgot what A- or A+ was.
i remember being ecstatic because in high school, 86% was an A.

[mrputter.livejournal.com]

80% is generally an A at UofC (although it depends on the prof). Which always seems so ridiculous to me, coming from AUS, where 70% is a pass (and 94% is an A).

So all my A's and above that I got last semester are really B+/A- marks, in my mind.

[zenko.livejournal.com]

SFU (in compsci, anyways) has no fixed percentage grading scheme. the grade you get is relative depending on how well you did compared to the class, and how well the class did as a whole.

some other departments have differing rules, but it usually still works out that you get more or less the grade you deserve.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

[i]> SFU (in compsci, anyways) has no fixed percentage grading scheme. the grade you get is relative depending on how well you did compared to the class, and how well the class did as a whole.[/i]

That is the best fucking system in the world. The cégep system in Québec works on that principle and I find it amazing. There are a couple flaws to it, but all in all I think it's one of the fairest systems out there... Grades are harder to cook up that way, and anyway, there's no incentives for profs to adhere to a curve or an average. The average IS the curve!

[hsifyppah.livejournal.com]

yeah, I think it usually depends on the departments. the standard scheme at langara and ubc is 80 - B+ 85 - A- - 90 - A 95 - A+, but lots of departments (like physics) would have different schemes, and sometimes professors would just change things to suit themselves, and then some people are in love with the bell curve. In conclusion, grades are more or less meaningless.