How does honoring work in your school?

[MSSM2013]

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I go to a pass-no pass school, but I do recieve score and my percentile standing in class. I usually score about a 88-90 on the exams and that translate to about an 80-85 percentile always.

how does honoring work in your school?

 

[greatnt249]

I go to a pass-no pass school, but I do recieve score and my percentile standing in class. I usually score about a 88-90 on the exams and that translate to about an 80-85 percentile always.

how does honoring work in your school?

Top 10% get honors, 20% get high pass, and the rest that get above the cutoff pass.

 

[MiSfiT2013]

Each class is different but a close enough description is: 90 and above = honors; 85-89.9 = high pass; 70-84.9 = pass

Top 10% get honors, 20% get high pass, and the rest that get above the cutoff pass.

 

[ZagDoc]

Some schools give honors on a bell curve (top 10% of performers). Others give honors on raw score (above 90%).

The clinical years, its a clusterf***. For some rotations, "honors" can mean as little as showing up on time and not looking bored. Other rotations, you can get stiffed and all you get is a comment "did not qualify for honors because did not function at attending-level."

 

[bawer234]

100-92 = HONORS
91.9-86 = High Pass
86 - 68ish = Pass

 

[StanleyCup7]

Honors = top 25%
Near Honors = next 15% (60th-74th percentile)

 

[lildave2586]

It's a class based thing for us. Some courses have a top 10% rule, but the majority are 90% and above get you honors. I prefer the 10% thing, it means a little more (but in the end, I don't think honoring matters that much).

 

[PSUtoMD]

Honors = top 25%
Near Honors = next 15% (60th-74th percentile)

Damn, top 25%? That's a lot.

Ours is top 10% in the preclinical years.

 

[MSSM2013]

Damn, top 25%? That's a lot.

Ours is top 10% in the preclinical years.

well, sometimes more than 30% can get above 90.

 

[NTF]

Ours is straight test scores. Score a 90% and you get honors. Usually ends up being about 20% of the class.

Top 10% get honors regardless of grades, but I don't think the average scores get that low. Most of the average test scores have been low 80's to high 80's.

Score 85-89% you get high pass.

But I believe (I think) our clinical year grades are weighted double over our pre-clinical year grades when determining class rank.

 

[PSUtoMD]

well, sometimes more than 30% can get above 90.

I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but I don't see how that's relevant. What I was saying is that in our school, you have to be top 10%. You could get a 99%, but if there are 15 people who got 100% (our class has ~150 people), then no honors for you. There's no automatic numerical cutoff, except that you need a "Grade of an A and also be in the top 10% of the class." So an 89 and top 10% of the class does not get you honors. Neither does a 92 if 15 people scored higher.

 

[MSSM2013]

I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but I don't see how that's relevant. What I was saying is that in our school, you have to be top 10%. You could get a 99%, but if there are 15 people who got 100% (our class has ~150 people), then no honors for you. There's no automatic numerical cutoff, except that you need a "Grade of an A and also be in the top 10% of the class." So an 89 and top 10% of the class does not get you honors. Neither does a 92 if 15 people scored higher.

ok, we don't have honors in my school. I am just trying to see where I am.