tfw only making an 85 in PoliSci

🍁 Aria 🔮 · September 06, 2016, 10:38:06 PM

Might as well give up on being a lawyer and kill myself tbh fam

September 06, 2016, 10:51:11 PM

Sue yourself first.

Jono · September 06, 2016, 10:52:07 PM

Shoot yourself then kill yourself

Ian · September 06, 2016, 10:55:23 PM

Better than half the lawyers in DC tbh fam.

Desty · September 06, 2016, 11:50:06 PM

I'll beat you and become a better lawyer myself, Prime. I will be Prime Lawyer.

Sαndtrap · September 07, 2016, 12:40:36 AM

Shoulda killed yourself before you grilled yourself

Flee · September 07, 2016, 02:15:02 AM

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Hahahaha very funny Zonda · September 07, 2016, 03:51:53 AM

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Verbatim · September 07, 2016, 04:51:22 AM

Quote from: Flee on September 07, 2016, 02:15:02 AM

85 is not good?

It's good, but it doesn't look half as sparkly on a transcript as 90 or 95.

Flee · September 07, 2016, 04:54:47 AM

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Solonoid · September 07, 2016, 05:03:23 AM

Quote from: Flee on September 07, 2016, 04:54:47 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on September 07, 2016, 04:51:22 AM
Quote from: Flee on September 07, 2016, 02:15:02 AM
85 is not good?
It's good, but it doesn't look half as sparkly on a transcript as 90 or 95.
Ah, I see. Grades like a 90 are practically impossible to achieve over here, so that had me confused.

The American philosophy on education is that you should know absolutely everything you're taught. To compensate for this a lot of information deemed nonessential is cut out. The lowest passing score is generally 70%, but those kind of scores will get you laughed at in grad school applications.

Flee · September 07, 2016, 06:24:35 AM

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Flee · September 07, 2016, 06:30:34 AM

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Solonoid · September 07, 2016, 07:30:39 AM

Quote from: Flee on September 07, 2016, 06:24:35 AM

Quote from: Solonoid on September 07, 2016, 05:03:23 AM
The American philosophy on education is that you should know absolutely everything you're taught.
Not entirely sure how that's any different from over here or anywhere else, really. If it's taught to you, you're supposed to know it. Seems like a pretty normal thing.

Then your minimum scores to pass a class are laughable.

Flee · September 07, 2016, 07:44:17 AM

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Solonoid · September 07, 2016, 07:51:29 AM

Quote from: Flee on September 07, 2016, 07:44:17 AM

Quote from: Solonoid on September 07, 2016, 07:30:39 AM
Quote from: Flee on September 07, 2016, 06:24:35 AM
Quote from: Solonoid on September 07, 2016, 05:03:23 AM
The American philosophy on education is that you should know absolutely everything you're taught.
Not entirely sure how that's any different from over here or anywhere else, really. If it's taught to you, you're supposed to know it. Seems like a pretty normal thing.
Then your minimum scores to pass a class are laughable.
How so? Rather than making 70% your passing mark, you set it at 50. A 50% mark means you know all of the material enough to pass. Anything higher shows that you're able to make additional connections or have a deeper understanding of the material than what is expected to merely succeed. What would be an 85 there would translate in maybe a 65 here. It's just a different scale which allows more room to accurately depict how well a student did. While a 50 might be a pass, it won't mean much on a resume.

I don't know what kind of demented world you Europoors live in, but you can't just decide to move a percentage point.

100% means you know everything in the course 100% of everything there is to know on the subjects covered in the class. 70% means you've retained a little over two thirds of that, which is passable, but not gonna win you any medals.

Of course, you can finish a course with a higher average than 100, though it is rare.

I don't see where you get the idea that 50% of anything is most of it.

Ingy · September 07, 2016, 10:05:44 AM

You were def that one kid who cried when she got a 92 on a quiz in high school

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True Turquoise · September 07, 2016, 10:45:59 AM

You want to be a lawyer?

good luck
lol
kek
hi mother

Oh · September 07, 2016, 10:55:20 AM

my best grade in uni was 98% in numerical analysis, although it was all coursework.
best exam was 96% in pdes.

🍁 Aria 🔮 · September 07, 2016, 03:14:57 PM

Quote from: True Turquoise on September 07, 2016, 10:45:59 AM

You want to be a lawyer?

good luck
lol
kek
hi mother

glkh to you as well, my sleepy friend