Good things that have happened in your life lately

2013-04-16 21:26:29

#1351

Nyte: Legendary BF2S Veteran; +535|6952|Toronto, ON

Macbeth wrote:
That is a first world problem. Please use the right threads.

Oops. A good thing that happened today was I sold my Heart of the Swarm Collectors Edition for $100 cash. I bought 4 of these for $80 each and was afraid I couldn't sell it.

Alpha as fuck.

2013-04-17 14:49:08

#1352

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6939|Toronto | Canada

already started getting marks back. 1/1 4.0 sweet

2013-04-17 15:36:50

#1353

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4455

i don't really know what that means, but congratulations winston

2013-04-17 16:00:10

#1354

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6939|Toronto | Canada

our grades are done on a 0.0-4.0 scale here. you get your mark reported on a 0-100 scale then your GPA is calculated based off where each of the 0-100% marks fall on this 0-4 scale. its really strange. but 4.0 is the highest mark you can get

http://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/newstuden … ic/grading

2013-04-17 16:02:29

#1355

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4455

how many people as a proportion get given an A-/A+ grade? i guess that's the only way to really compare systems.

are you going to do a masters? i understand 'good' science degrees roll on to 1-2 year masters really easily.

2013-04-17 16:05:53

#1356

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6939|Toronto | Canada

its an almost mandated 69% average per course plus or minus a few percent. the percentage given an A I really dont know though, but based off of that not many I'd assume...

its actually really competitive here, i'll likely apply but i'm not sure i'd follow through with it. its not all that likely i'd do hard science for the rest of my life

2013-04-17 16:31:25

#1357

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6697

Uzique The Lesser wrote:
i don't really know what that means, but congratulations winston

if it's like our system, he aced it.
Congrats!

2013-04-17 16:57:52

#1358

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6867

13urnzz wrote:
Uzique The Lesser wrote:
i don't really know what that means, but congratulations winston
if it's like our system, he aced it.
Congrats!

Depends. 85% could still be considered a 4.0 based on that link.

2013-04-18 01:23:16

#1359

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6916

Ilocano wrote:
13urnzz wrote:
Uzique The Lesser wrote:
i don't really know what that means, but congratulations winston
if it's like our system, he aced it.
Congrats!
Depends. 85% could still be considered a 4.0 based on that link.

different grade scaling.

In Aus a 75 would be considered an American 3.6 and 80 would be a 4.0. Most people get a 65...

https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png

2013-04-18 09:56:11

#1360

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6867

So what do those percentages mean then?

2013-04-18 09:59:46

#1361

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6916

Ilocano wrote:
So what do those percentages mean then?

theyre still percentage points... but on a different scale

https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/academiclife/assessment/Gumleaf_1.jpg

P= Pass
CR = Credit
D= Distinction (not many people get these)
HD= High Distinction (Even fewer get these...)

You get a high distinction (85) average you're on the deans list. You finish your degree with a distinction average they add your diploma with a "Bachelor of XXX with distinction."

Last edited by Cybargs (2013-04-18 10:02:41)

2013-04-18 10:12:04

#1362

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4455

2013-04-18 10:34:33

#1363

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6867

Yeah, Dean's list here. Dies not require straight A's.

Does getting 80% of the answers on a test correlate to getting those percentages advice?

2013-04-18 10:43:08

#1364

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6916

Ilocano wrote:
Yeah, Dean's list here. Dies not require straight A's.

Does getting 80% of the answers on a test correlate to getting those percentages advice?

yes. and people who get 80%+ on exams are the kids who get 80%+ on assignments anyway

2013-04-18 11:44:33

#1365

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6867

Getting anything below 90% is a failure in my book.

Stateside unless Bell curved is:
C = 70% = passing average = 2
B = 80% = above average = 3
A = 90% = excellent = 4

2013-04-18 11:46:37

#1366

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6916

Ilocano wrote:
Getting anything below 90% is a failure in my book.

ok superior asian. Just to let you know my uni is full of asians and rarely any of them get above 60s.

2013-04-18 11:49:12

#1367

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4455

Ilocano wrote:
Getting anything below 90% is a failure in my book.

Stateside unless Bell curved is:
C = 70% = passing average = 2
B = 80% = above average = 3
A = 90% = excellent = 4

keep us posted. if your kids don't go to princeton will you put them in a weighted sack with some snakes and throw them in the river?

2013-04-18 11:51:19

#1368

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6723|...

Uzique The Lesser wrote:
Ilocano wrote:
Getting anything below 90% is a failure in my book.

Stateside unless Bell curved is:
C = 70% = passing average = 2
B = 80% = above average = 3
A = 90% = excellent = 4
keep us posted. if your kids don't go to princeton will you put them in a weighted sack with some snakes and throw them in the river?

2013-04-18 11:54:51

#1369

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6939|Toronto | Canada

Ilocano wrote:
Getting anything below 90% is a failure in my book.

Stateside unless Bell curved is:
C = 70% = passing average = 2
B = 80% = above average = 3
A = 90% = excellent = 4

A 70 is a fail?

In my classes there's about 1% that get in the 90s. I don't think I've had more than 1 or 2 90s so far - nobody gets straight 90s. We just have different grading schemes.

2013-04-18 11:58:26

#1370

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4455

in the UK only the top 10-15% of the class ever get above a 70 (a 70 is the boundary mark for a 1:1, a first, summa cum laude, a 4.0GPA, etc.)

you rarely see anything over 75. we were told in our first year that anything over that mark implies a piece of work with journal publication potential.

i think it works the same for maths/sciences, too, even though obviously they are expected to get a lot more than 70% of their tests correct, on average. i think it is all calculated with 70 being the 'a-grade' high mark.

2013-04-18 12:11:50

#1371

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6867

I'm trying to understand the scaling. Getting only 6 of 10 questions correct is acceptable? That's most of your classmates? Shit

Yes different from stateside but I'm trying to understand where getting just a little over half the answers correct is acceptable.

It was cakewalk for me getting on the Dean's list.

2013-04-18 12:15:25

#1372

Uzique The Lesser: Banned; +382|4455

different colleges mark at radically different levels, too. a lot of mid-ranking colleges will push a bunch of their students to get 'good' degrees, i.e. grade inflation. it makes them look better performing on paper. top unis don't feel such a need to inflate their stats. or they basically flag up and kick-out slacking students very early, before they can shame the institution.

Last edited by Uzique The Lesser (2013-04-18 12:16:05)

2013-04-18 12:18:00

#1373

Winston_Churchill: Bazinga!; +521|6939|Toronto | Canada

your marks were just inflated. i was used to high 90s in high school too, but nobody gets them here. in every first year class they make the final 10% of every test a question far outside the scope of the course, knowing that maybe one or two kids will get it right out of the class of 1000.

2013-04-18 12:38:56

#1374

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6867

Uzique The Lesser wrote:
Ilocano wrote:
Getting anything below 90% is a failure in my book.

Stateside unless Bell curved is:
C = 70% = passing average = 2
B = 80% = above average = 3
A = 90% = excellent = 4
keep us posted. if your kids don't go to princeton will you put them in a weighted sack with some snakes and throw them in the river?

Nah. Oldest wants to work for JPL relating to robotics and aerospace. Youngest has an interest in Medicine like biotech.

2013-04-18 12:43:19

#1375

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5786

Take it to the college thread.

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