University Thread

[Cliffhanger]

Sick job bro, good effort bro, better luck next time bro.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Sick job bro, good effort bro, better luck next time bro.

:lol: funnaaay! You seem to have taken offense to the fact that University in Australia have a shit/wanky grading system.It was not my intention to cause offense and I sincerely apologise, it was merely an observation. Although I did find you bringing out a "top 50 Universities" list hilarious so thanks for that.

 

[Bazal]

That's actually interesting...how do they grade it in NZ? On percentage or something? It's not all P/C/D/HD either, often depends on courses here. I did a few that were simply Pass/Fail.

 

[Cliffhanger]

They use the A+, A. etc system. It's not really that different to ours, just a few more levels. If anything that's more of a wank.

 

[Valheru]

funnaaay! You seem to have taken offense to the fact that University in Australia have a shit/wanky grading system.It was not my intention to cause offense and I sincerely apologise, it was merely an observation. Although I did find you bringing out a "top 50 Universities" list hilarious so thanks for that.

Since you won’t answer, I looked it up myself. They generally give A-E marks. These correspond directly with a percentage i.e. A = 85 and above. This is exactly the same as a HD.

In other words, you are an idiot.

 

[Cliffhanger]

Fast Eddie has never been to University and wanted to feel included in the discussion.

 

[Bazal]

And yeah, that top 50 universities thing is absolute tripe...loved the nuffies at school who chose based on that. It's all well and good if any of them offer the degree you want to do, but people who chose degrees based on the uni? LMAO

 

[Fast Eddie]

Since you won?t answer, I looked it up myself. They generally give A-E marks. These correspond directly with a percentage i.e. A = 85 and above. This is exactly the same as a HD.

In other words, you are an idiot.

In other words you are a complete muppet who obviously can not see that my point was that changing the names to things like 'distinction' and 'credit' or whatever is what I was calling wanky. I'll give you distinction for your attempt though.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Fast Eddie has never been to University and wouldn't to feel included in the discussion.

I did, but I didn't do the majority of an Arts degree lol and then not finish it so not on the same level as you. Cue rage.

 

[Cliffhanger]

Why would that enrage me? I am doing the degree I want to do, any reminder of how I bit the bullet to chase my dream just fills me with pride!

In other words you are a complete muppet who obviously can not see that my point was that changing the names to things like 'distinction' and 'credit' or whatever is what I was calling wanky. I'll give you distinction for your attempt though.

Yep because using words that actually have a clear meaning as opposed to letters, is really wanky. It was just another typical douchey fast eddie post.

 

[9701]

no uni for me 12 years in the army got me several certificate 4s from the uni of nsw (they did a civillian equivalant to military positions)

 

[Valheru]

In other words you are a complete muppet who obviously can not see that my point was that changing the names to things like 'distinction' and 'credit' or whatever is what I was calling wanky. I'll give you distinction for your attempt though.

The terms High Distinction and distinction have been used to describe academic achievements throughout recorded history.

 

[Apey]

The grading system is lame and seems unnecessary to me, besides below 50 being a fail and 50+ being a pass.

I wish they'd just take your average based on your actual (numerical) mark. Then they could put that into a grade if they must. Really it just frustrates me that 64 is worth the same as 50, 100 the same as 85, etc. Take the numerical average, then grade that for GPA.

Similarly I don't think someone who gets 6 as their final mark should be classified as having achieved as much as someone who got 49. There should still be the pass requirement of 50 on courses though.

 

[Cliffhanger]

You can usually get a conceded pass if you got 49.

 

[Valheru]

The grading system is lame and seems unnecessary to me, besides below 50 being a fail and 50+ being a pass.

I wish they'd just take your average based on your actual (numerical) mark. Then they could put that into a grade if they must. Really it just frustrates me that 64 is worth the same as 50, 100 the same as 85, etc. Take the numerical average, then grade that for GPA.

Similarly I don't think someone who gets 6 as their final mark should be classified as having achieved as much as someone who got 49. There should still be the pass requirement of 50 on courses though.

I agree with this but there would have to be no scaling so you get a true reflection of your mark.

As it is most courses are scaled so the lecturers get their bell curve and the mark you get is as much an indication of where you rate in the class as it is of what actual mark you got.

 

[T.T]

They changed he grading system this year at uow.. No more pass conceded. If you were close to passing they can offer you a supp exam at their discretion and if you pass you get 50

 

[Apey]

Nah I haven't got 49 before. I've failed one course in my degree and I'm fairly sure I only got 30s for it.

The Maths faculty at our Uni doesn't do much scaling I've noticed. But Maths/Physical sciences can often be marked/graded differently to other schools. Usually they only do it for courses where the exam they've set has been too hard (i.e everyone went shit) which hasn't happened in any of my courses yet.

I'd be happy with no scaling anyway. I'd rather an average of marks rather than average of grades (which is basically an average of an average, bleh). I can't see them ever changing it though.

 

[Mong]

You can usually get a conceded pass if you got 49.

We don't have pass conceded or bell curves.. Or at least that's what they tell us.

 

[Hallatia]

And yeah, that top 50 universities thing is absolute tripe...loved the nuffies at school who chose based on that. It's all well and good if any of them offer the degree you want to do, but people who chose degrees based on the uni? LMAO

this is exactly right. I think the academics at a particular institution should factor into decision making too. Not so much for undergrad, but a great deal for post grad, but with post grad, the general way of doing things is to go to whoever offers you the biggest scholarship and the biggest research stipend

We don't have pass conceded or bell curves.. Or at least that's what they tell us.

I've heard that Australian unis across the board were aiming at abolishing both, I agree with getting rid of bell curves, they are a geniused way to grade, but I'm a bit on the fence about getting rid of the pass conceded...

 

[Fast Eddie]

It was just another typical douchey fast eddie post.

And you got a bit bitchy about a little joke/dig at Australian Universities, responding with some ridiculous joke about top 50 University lists :lol:. You being bitchy is without a doubt a typical Cliffhanger post.