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A '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
by c-linkage 3y ago
A '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.