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You know what i really hate ?
Started by Kobebucsfan
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^ seriously.
i have a 92% in this online BS music course, but i got an A-. just gimme an A
wow....and I thought the bloodshed in syria was a real problem.
oh c'mon
my gpa is kinda low, A- and A makes a big difference on my gpa
by 0.02 - which is a big deal for me trying to crack 3.5
my gpa is kinda low, A- and A makes a big difference on my gpa
by 0.02 - which is a big deal for me trying to crack 3.5
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no kidding. besides in a lot of classes 92% a B so I don't see the problem.
that sucks. never seen that at my univ
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^ seriously.
i have a 92% in this online BS music course, but i got an A-. just gimme an A
I got an 89.4 in an anthropology class and the professor (who was trying to prove something) gave me a B. Although that is the grade that my percentage would have earned me, it took me a while to get over it. What kills me is that when I asked her what my grade was after the final she said B. I said ok. Then she said it was an 89.4%. Really!? Four days before Christmas. Why would you do that to somebody? That's like hanging a piece of candy on a string and dangling it in front of a kid, out of reach.
You'll move on, but I agree it is frustrating and it will take time. Best of luck to you.
yeah but in my opinion everything in the 90s should be an A
never knew what the point of A- or B- was
at my university it wasn't uncommon for non-science courses to have grading scales like 94-100 = A Science courses however were on a 90-100 scale.
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Just wait until Dental School where an 89.99 is a non-negotiable B.
yea...and i hate getting a B+ instead of an A-. I also hate getting a B instead of a B+, and so on.
You get B's?
J/k
haha...come on..who gets B's? A+'s or above is what we get.
seriously. a bunch of my peers got ~89.5 in our restorative class. the class director won't bump them up to an A. B+ for them 🙁
At the Univ of Oregon, you get an extra 0.3 for an A+, making it possible to achieve a GPA higher than 4.0
Which ends up being the only good thing about the academic side of the University of Oregon.
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I thought their human phys department was excellent. I learned more there in a year than I did 4 years at UC Davis. They also have a great anatomy program. 8 cadavers and aside from simply taking anatomy, there's an opportunity to dissect/prosect them as an undergrad? I think that's pretty cool.
I was lucky to have my very own head and neck to work on. An entire quarter of learning everything I was going to be doing in anatomy during dental school. I thought it was a VERY valuable experience that will serve me well come my first year.
Don't most undergrad institutions have cadavers to dissect?
I was a human phys major there as well and I'll agree that the human physiology and anatomy classes were valuable, but trying to get teacher help in any class was like getting a root canal without any anesthetic: unnecessarily painful and hard. The only exception on that entire campus was anatomy lab, and even then you were getting help from TA's and GTF's.
I loved the physiology classes, but it wasn't until I took anatomy at Midwestern that I learned how much harder they made that class than it needed to be. However, take my opinion with a grain of salt because I had a jaded experience that I won't explain on a public forum.
Most have pre-dissected/prosected cadavers available to observe and learn from, but not all have programs where you can actually apply to dissect/prosect a new cadaver. Also, some schools have cadavers that they reuse for several years. UO gets new cadavers every year. They're prosected by students (undergrad and graduate) spring quarter and then used for anatomy lab the following fall and winter quarters.
Sorry to hear that. I have another friend who also had a pretty jaded experience at UO, and it always pains me to hear about it considering I had such a good experience.
most courses in my univ dont even have A+'s
Most universities don't even have A+'s.
Mine doesn't! Thank God! An A is an A..is an A! More like 89.5, because most will round up! Woohoo 😀
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It would be better if they had A+s; if they get an A they get a 4.0, an A+, a 4.3.
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