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My uncle taught some classes at Princeton while doing his graduate studies. He wasn't allowed to give anything lower than a C. This was in the 80's.
by LargeWu 4y ago
My uncle taught some classes at Princeton while doing his graduate studies. He wasn't allowed to give anything lower than a C. This was in the 80's.
- ModernMech 4y agotbf in gradschool a C is basically an F. In my program you could get 2 Cs before you were kicked out on your third. Anything lower than a C was basically a huge red flag and would warrant a meeting about the future of the student in the department.
- LargeWu 4y agoJust to be clear, he was teaching undergraduates in survey-level courses.
- ModernMech 4y agoAh I see.
- hardware2win 4y agoIs this even relevant? What matters is effort/knowledge for given grade
- zcw100 4y agoMy experience as well. It was pretty stupid since it was basically pass+/pass/fail. On the flip side of that red flag is when the midterm average was a 20% which means whoever taught the class didn’t do their job, didn’t care and definitely wasn’t going to take shit for it so everyone passed.
- suture 4y agoAt the Ivy League schools these used to be called “gentleman C’s”.
- shankr 4y agoIn the department, at an Indian university where I studied, the professor wouldn't even give anyone A grade even if the whole class struggled. It was supposed to be a relative grading. You had to score certain minimum percent of score. Our whole department's median grade was C.