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| BioHazard |
 Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:33 am Post subject: The Importance of Uni...? |
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If you are a science/applied science (engineering, medicine etc.) student how much do you value your GPA score from a scale of 1-10?
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy |
| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| An 8 lol, the GPA is pretty important, you don't need a 4.0 but it sure as damn well makes things a lot easier. |
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| KALSTER |
| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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Could someone maybe explain to a non-american how the grade point average is calculated? They always mention it in movies, but I never know what it means. 
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| Misonix |
| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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90 = A = 4.0
80 = B = 3.0
70 = C = 2.0
60 = D = 1.0
For most colleges, anyways. |
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| KALSTER |
| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks. Why don't they simply say 91, 88 or 74? And is that the average over all the subjects taken or for each one, maybe the relevant ones?
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy |
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| KALSTER |
| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Still in the dark a bit
In South Africa I am used to this classification of symbols:
A = 80 -> 100
B = 70 -> 79
C = 60 -> 69
D = 50 -> 59
E = 40 -> 49
Yours?
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy |
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 That's pretty cool. He is about the closest thing to a God in Trekkie circles as James Tiberius Kirk  Thanks for the clarification as well. 
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy |
| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| KALSTER wrote: |
| That's pretty cool. He is about the closest thing to a God in Trekkie circles as James Tiberius Kirk Thanks for the clarification as well. |
Rofl, it's kind of funny, the student union voted to change one of the buildings to the "Shatner building" but the university refused lol. |
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| KALSTER |
| Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy wrote: |
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| That's pretty cool. He is about the closest thing to a God in Trekkie circles as James Tiberius Kirk Thanks for the clarification as well. |
Rofl, it's kind of funny, the student union voted to change one of the buildings to the "Shatner building" but the university refused lol. |
Which building was it?
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| i_feel_tiredsleepy |
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| It was the student union building that houses the student newspapers and clubs lol. |
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