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At my uni the grade transcript from the university includes the grade distribution for the course next to each grade. So it's easy for a company to see that "a
by matsemann 4y ago
At my uni the grade transcript from the university includes the grade distribution for the course next to each grade. So it's easy for a company to see that "a B in this course was comparatively good" for instance. It was almost always a curve. Where about 10% got an A, and the median of course was a C etc.
I've always found it so weird how in the US the scale isn't used. By doing all course work you're often assigned enough credits to guarantee a B (the challenge is having enough time to do it all, I guess), and by doing some more you'll get a A- or whatever. I've had friends that wee C/D students here take a year in the US and get straight A's.
- hgsgm 4y agoThat proves how nonsensical grades are. Your grade is based on what other people in a biased sample do? Grades should be pass only, and be finer-grained than current semester long courses. I don't care what you can't do. I care what you can do.
- matsemann 4y agoI'm not saying they're grading on a curve or adjusting each exam. Just that on average it turns out the average student is a C student. But yeah, the whole point of grades is actually to use them to compare others. So even grading on a curve is better than giving everyone an A.
- oneoff786 4y agoI hear this a lot but… I just didn’t see it. Very few students got straight A’s at any of my academic institutions. I would say only 10% or so of students would get majority As. Many classes were easy As for sure, so many students would have several As. But if you looked at things like the honor roll cutoffs (determined by GPA), it would be a selective subset.