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What should the average be? A 'C'? I doubt it. Let's assume most of the people at Harvard wanted to be there. Wouldn't they work hard to get there and thus
by HumblyTossed 3y ago
What should the average be? A 'C'? I doubt it. Let's assume most of the people at Harvard wanted to be there. Wouldn't they work hard to get there and thus once there do their best to succeed?
- c-linkage 3y agoA 'C' grade is supposed to be 'average'. If you're already in the top 10% of all students in the USA, you can still be average in comparison to your peers. A 'C' grade at Harvard should still be pretty good in the job space because: 1) you were good enough to be admitted to Harvard, and 2) you are representative of an average student at Harvard.
- crazygringo 3y ago> A 'C' grade is supposed to be 'average'. I've never heard that before, and it certainly hasn't been in any class I've ever been in. And Wikipedia says nothing of the sort: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_the_United... To the contrary, C is generally the lowest grade that is considered to be a satisfactory passing grade.
- Avamander 3y ago> A 'C' grade is supposed to be 'average'. Says who? I find mastery-based grading much more logical. Take the Finnish or Estonian school system, it's very rarely curved like in the States. If you master the material you get a good grade. PISA results seem to indicate that works well.