What's an A?

[JJVmom]

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I just changed schools and couldn't believe that an A here is 93-100. A 92 is a B, not even an A-, which correlates to a 3.0. At my old school, 90-100 is an A. What's an A at your school?

 

[DrYoda]

my undergrad was 93+=A, 90-92.9=A-, 87-89.9=B+ and so on.

 

[pcproduct]

'A' is 90-100 at my school also. I've never understood the point of the +/- system.

 

[fenderbiz]

It puts people who get 90's and people who get 100's on the same level, which is good for the person who got a 90, but sucks for the person who worked their ass off even more.

 

[medicalCPA]

Thank goodness my undergrad school used the straight scale, with no funky pluses or minuses.

 

[Sparda29]

At LIU Undergrad, we had the +/- system going. 92 > was an A, but most professors curved the grades based on the class average (for them, the class average must be 75 (a C), so if the class average was 60, everyone got 15 points added on to their grades.

If the class average was 85, they didn't do anything. I'd be some ****ed up **** if they negatively curved the grades. Are there any schools that do that?

 

[delano2000]

Thank goodness my undergrad school used the straight scale, with no funky pluses or minuses.

I'm with you on that. The pluses and minuses get a little confusing for me.

 

[mike36]

We're starting +/- this Fall.

 

[themulya]

We're starting +/- this Fall.

Just the pharmacy school or all of UT?

 

[Sparda29]

At the pharmacy school though (Touro), we don't have the +/-. It does make things simpler but I had an instance where my final grade was 79.23 or something, and that resulted in a C instead of a B, had I not missed on of those online ethical discussions, I would have gotten two more points to put me at an 81.23...FML.

 

[miko]

It puts people who get 90's and people who get 100's on the same level, which is good for the person who got a 90, but sucks for the person who worked their ass off even more.

My school graded strictly on the curve. Sometimes it helped, sometimes it hurt. This also created a very competitive and hostile learning environment.

 

[Passion4Sci]

+/-... It was like this:

90-92 = A-
93 - 97 = A
and the all important A+ notation if you get 98, 99 or 100.

 

[Sparda29]

My school graded strictly on the curve. Sometimes it helped, sometimes it hurt. This also created a very competitive and hostile learning environment.

Is NYU like that?

 

[Carboxide]

At LIU Undergrad, we had the +/- system going. 92 > was an A, but most professors curved the grades based on the class average (for them, the class average must be 75 (a C), so if the class average was 60, everyone got 15 points added on to their grades.

If the class average was 85, they didn't do anything. I'd be some ****ed up **** if they negatively curved the grades. Are there any schools that do that?

I've had undergrad classes where they will negatively curve. What they actually have done is to not give you a percentage; they just tell you how many points you got WRONG. They then take the middle grade and that's a C. You go up or down from there, so you get a number you got wrong (like -25) and then a letter grade (B+). In one class, I missed 12 points on the first exam and got a B- and 25 on the second exam and got an A-.

 

[delano2000]

I've had undergrad classes where they will negatively curve. What they actually have done is to not give you a percentage; they just tell you how many points you got WRONG. They then take the middle grade and that's a C. You go up or down from there, so you get a number you got wrong (like -25) and then a letter grade (B+). In one class, I missed 12 points on the first exam and got a B- and 25 on the second exam and got an A-.

That has happened to me before. I was taking a Biology class and about 85% of the class made 100 or better (he gave bonus questions and extra points for doing the practice test) and so the professor shaved off about 5-10 points. Some of us still had over 100 when all was said and done.

 

[pharmacygopher]

My first undergrad school did not use the +/- system. I actually prefer the +/- system.

Usually an A is a 92.5% or better. I've had classes where a 60% was an A and others where 75-80% was an A though.

 

[crazybob]

in my organic chem class in college, 85-100 was an A. 75-85 was a B. 65-75 was a C.

 

[medicalCPA]

...I actually prefer the +/- system.

Really? I am a fan of the straight scale. No pluses or minuses, no weird curving.

I had a class once where an A was 94% or better. I hated it. I got an A in the class, but I hated it.