[pink line]

Is when you end with a 89.8% and your professor won't give you an A...

[dwc]

I think it's a worse feeling when you get a 54.8% and the prof gave you a D (fail) and not a C (pass). Because that would mean you taking the course all over again (or at least doing a supplementary examination), AND you'd be behind on prerequisites, AND it would most likely mean summer school.

[mistapooh]

That's horrible, did you try talking to the teacher?

[bingPWR]

Isn't 89.8% A-? or did you get a B+?

[akira53]

well I'd rather have a B+ than an A-...but still, that sucks

[pink line]

We don't get + or - at my university

A = 4.0
B = 3.0
C = 2.0

etc

[LycheeTea]

I think it's a worse feeling when you get a 54.8% and the prof gave you a D (fail) and not a C (pass). Because that would mean you taking the course all over again (or at least doing a supplementary examination), AND you'd be behind on prerequisites, AND it would most likely mean summer school.

I agree, its like a domino effect.

[trueloveway]

^ i'm going through something similar now.
i got 54% but i still failed and have to sit a supp exam :/

[mickey012]

Is when you end with a 89.8% and your professor won't give you an A...

if the class has an absolute grading scale, then it's too bad for you.

I think it's a worse feeling when you get a 54.8% and the prof gave you a D (fail) and not a C (pass). Because that would mean you taking the course all over again (or at least doing a supplementary examination), AND you'd be behind on prerequisites, AND it would most likely mean summer school.

54.8% is NOWHERE near a C...you should be HAPPY that you didn't get an F...

[hailing from ny]

depends on the course ur taking
i'll tell you that for chem courses, General Chemistry, an A would probably be lower 90% for the semester; for Organic, it is like mid to upper 80s for an A.

A 4.0
A- 3.7
B+ 3.3
B 3.0
B- 2.7
C+ 2.3
C 2.0
C- 1.7
D+ 1.3
D 1.0

most schools like this, yes?

[mnmadi]

I was looking at the grades my psyc teacher posted online
someone got a 89.95% and ended up with a B+
ouch

[Doanh]

You should come over to the UK, apparently our courses are tougher ¬_¬ We have oversea students from america, and they say how it is harder over here, they say they get like in the 90's over there, and they're scraping 70's over here o_O

Our grade terms are lower and somewhat different
89.8% is really hard to get over here, very very hard.
A - 70% and over
B - 60%
C - 50%
D - 40%
Fail - Under 40%
or something like that.

I heard we have like a different marking scheme after getting 75, after 75, your mark becomes standardised, i.e. you get less than you actually get, like if you got 90, it'll drop down to like 80-85 which is harsh, an 100 you get between 87 - 93 (these are rough estimates).
Its beacuse you CAN get 100% in a maths exam, but you can't really get 100% in an english or law paper right?
so they standardise them and make it "fit in" with the others ''

[awdark]

I think it's a worse feeling when you get a 54.8% and the prof gave you a D (fail) and not a C (pass). Because that would mean you taking the course all over again (or at least doing a supplementary examination), AND you'd be behind on prerequisites, AND it would most likely mean summer school.

Nice! Thats what I usually get now.
The worse feeling is actually the realization that your last 4 report cards had nothing above a B.

[Trungy]

The worst feeling is when you know you should have earned straight As for the semester, but because you've made so many tiny mistakes, you are scraping for A-'s and B+'s.

And trying to bring a very lackluster freshman GPA up high enough to get into Stanford? AHHH!!!!!!!

[pauls]

OH MY GOD.

Ok, Here's my situation this semester.
I received 89% overall grade; which can be changed to A,
If I were to received 4 more points!!! out of 500.

Which isn't really a big deal in my opinion anyways, i emailed, left her message and she said "I can't give any favoritism over other students.."

##cking bs!!

We dont get + -'s.. which meaning i would get 3.0.
Damn, ive' worked hard in that class and just threw me out the door.

[boka]

i guess a cut-off's a cut-off...

you could try to request a remark for one of your assignments and hopefully your percentage will go up slightly, or at least not fall by a lot

[luvxholic]

oh yes it is...thank goodness i don't know most of my percentages in my classes or else i'd die of anger didn't you get at least a B+?