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Old 02-10-2009, 02:17 PM   #3376
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Dani, I would congratulate the living HELL out of you if I only knew what a "mid-first" WAS. I'll just go ahead and assume it's very, very good indeed.

So -
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Old 02-10-2009, 02:47 PM   #3377
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The marking criteria goes on a 20-90% scale. Essays, assigments and the eventual degree classification work along the same scale:

degrees end up as either 3rd Class, 2nd Class (either a 2:2, or a 2:1) or 1st Class:

< 40 Fail

40-44 (Low 3rd) 45-46 (Mid 3rd) 47-48 (High 3rd)

49-51 (borderline 2:2)

52-54 (Low 2:2) 55-56 (Mid 2:2) 57-58 (High 2:2)

59-61 (borderline 2:1)

62-64 (Low 2:1) 65-66 (Mid 2:1) 67-69 (High 2:1)

69-71 (borderline 1st)

72-74 (Low 1st) 75-76 (Mid 1st) 77-78 (High 1st)

79-81 (borderline Excellent 1st)

82+ (Excellent 1st).


I've bolded where my essay mark was *grins*

So, do how do you guys classify your degrees?
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Old 02-10-2009, 02:49 PM   #3378
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Old 02-10-2009, 03:08 PM   #3379
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Scores on tests/papers use A-Fs around most parts here.
90-100% A Excellent
80-89% B Good
70-79% C Average
60-69% D Below average
Below 60% F FAIL. Dude, why did you even waste your time trying??

Some classes/profs use -'s and +'s, so:
80-83% = B-
84-86% = B
87-89% = B+ etc.

Your grade point average is determined by the overall avarage of your grades for all the classes you have taken. Different schools calculate this differently. For example this is one way to determine a college GPA.

Basically.

There is such a thing as "grading on the curve" (which is a total cop-out that lazy profs use IMHO). One way this is done is to take the top score and set that as 100% and then score the rest on a 90/80/70 type scale. Ususally this is done when a prof writes tests so bloody hard that if he used the traditional scale, all his or her students would fail every exam, and the board would start looking into why he/she was such a shitty teacher. There are many other ways to calculate a curve too, most way too complicated for me to even comprehend.
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Old 02-10-2009, 03:39 PM   #3380
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"But what about degrees?"

Pretty much you get the degree or you don't. Many (most?) colleges award "cum laude," "magna cum laude," and "summa cum laude" to the top finshers. (At my university you got those for earning a final GPA of 3.0-3.499, 3.5-3.899, or 3.9-40 respectively.) There's no US equivalent for a 3rd class degree AFAIK... the student who barely escaped expulsion and the one with a 2.99 who barely missed the "cum laude" mark would both get the same diploma.
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Old 02-10-2009, 03:43 PM   #3381
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the student who barely escaped expulsion and the one with a 2.99 who barely missed the "cum laude" mark would both get the same diploma.
Many employers will look at the Grade Point Average that goes with that degree though. So GPA does matter too, just not for the degree. Only for job prospects.
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Old 02-10-2009, 04:07 PM   #3382
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I want the degree that comes with the most cum.

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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.

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Old 02-10-2009, 11:39 PM   #3383
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69? that's a 2:1 ....but so close to a first.....
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Old 02-13-2009, 09:08 AM   #3384
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Old 02-13-2009, 09:15 AM   #3385
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Old 02-13-2009, 09:31 AM   #3386
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Old 02-13-2009, 09:32 AM   #3387
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bummer...feeling a need for a kitten.
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Old 02-13-2009, 09:41 AM   #3388
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I am happy because I have made another huge change in my life...last one was October when I changed jobs. Change is soooooooo hard but it feels so good and the end rewards are worth all the fear and apprehension.

I think after work I will take myself out to dinner. I've had nothing but salad for a week. I'm thinking filet mignon.

Then go to bed early, and get up for my new haircut.

Shawnee got her groove back. Or is working on it, anyway.
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Old 02-13-2009, 12:06 PM   #3389
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Old 02-13-2009, 12:18 PM   #3390
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I tried to upload a picture last nite and it would not go.
Email it to me.
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