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I don't know about the US but in the UK it does matter. If you have a university which takes students with A* average grades and a university with D average gra
by ig1 16y ago
I don't know about the US but in the UK it does matter. If you have a university which takes students with A* average grades and a university with D average grades, they don't teach the same syllabus. It just doesn't make sense, universities have to teach a syllabus that matches the ability of it's student body.
There's also significant difference in employability by university (statistically speaking).
- dasil003 16y agoMy impression as an american is that grades mean more in UK schools than they do in the US where grade inflation has reached almost comical levels.
- araneae 16y agoThe grades probably mean more, but that doesn't mean that the students in more elite universities in the US don't learn more than their counterparts at other schools. At Cornell, all the classes were curved, and the curve was set (in most intro classes, somewhere between a C+ and a B). That meant if you wanted to get a B you had to beat at least half the people in the course. If those people got 1600 on their SATs and had gotten a 5 on their AP comp sci exam they're a bit more of a challenge than kids of lesser qualifications.
- nickbarnwell 16y agoIf I'm understanding correctly the parent is referring to high school, where to a large extent I can't help but agree. The situation at the university level is much different, as illustrated by your example.