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Hm, I wouldn't be so categorical. I remember sitting at the class council in a somewhat selective post-highschool school in France, and the teachers knew very w
by jcelerier 4y ago
Hm, I wouldn't be so categorical. I remember sitting at the class council in a somewhat selective post-highschool school in France, and the teachers knew very well that in highschool A, a student with 16/20 average grades in math from professor X was likely to be as good as a student with 12/20 in highschool B with professor Y, and used this info for admission. They didn't know this for every highschool/prof, but still for many of the good ones in southern France (I remember discussions ranging from Perpignan to Nîmes)
- Sebguer 4y agoYou're talking about school distinctions, which doesn't have anything to do with what the person you're responding to is saying. They're talking about taking the class elsewhere, and transferring the credit, so the end transcript would not materially distinguish. They'd still have the cachet of the institution that they're graduating from, not where/who took each class.
- seszett 4y agoDoesn't work like that in France.
- gnicholas 4y agoInteresting! My experience is with US colleges and law schools, of which there are a lot more. I think that’s why there’s not a lot of detailed knowledge.
- caminante 4y ago> Hm, I wouldn't be so categorical. The Lycee -> Grande Ecole track in France isn't comparable (smaller, specialized, local.) 0. US business/law schools are singular, professional degrees with way more variety in the applicant funnel. 1. Program rankings/prestige are "everything" 2. Rankings are heavily weighted on quantitative acceptance/matriculation profiles by GPA and entrance exams (GMAT/GRE/LSAT). 3. As a result, GPA handicapping (for difficulty) doesn't really happen for top MBA/JD programs.