Difference between revisions of "Talk:Grade Point Average"
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What the hell? This article makes us sound lazy and grade-obsessed. I suggest a major rewrite and change in tone. [[User:Foobar|Foobar]] 23:04, 22 May 2007 (EDT) | What the hell? This article makes us sound lazy and grade-obsessed. I suggest a major rewrite and change in tone. [[User:Foobar|Foobar]] 23:04, 22 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
| − | I disagree. One of the benefits of having an independent CUWiki is that we're free to be candid. I don't see why the article about GPA should not be "grade-obsessed." It seems to me that anyone who cares enough to look this page up could use some real-world knowledge about the rules of the GPA game-- I wish I'd known this stuff during my freshman year. [[User:XavierTheNerd|XavierTheNerd]] | + | :I disagree. One of the benefits of having an independent CUWiki is that we're free to be candid. I don't see why the article about GPA should not be "grade-obsessed." It seems to me that anyone who cares enough to look this page up could use some real-world knowledge about the rules of the GPA game-- I wish I'd known this stuff during my freshman year. [[User:XavierTheNerd|XavierTheNerd]] |
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| + | ::I think [[User:Foobar|Foobar]] has a point, though I wouldn't go so far as to say "major rewrite", but lines like "you should only register with easy professors" could be changed in tone. [[User:Nonsensical|Nonsensical]] 23:45, 23 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | :::Could we get an approximate GPA for Latin honors and Phi Beta Kappa? --[[User:Bobobo|Bobobo]] 16:06, 28 August 2007 (EDT) | ||
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| + | ::::They change every year. I know that those who earned summa in 2007 had above a 3.96 at least, but I'm not sure how much above, exactly. I think Phi Beta Kappa includes everyone in summa and magna cum laudes, if that helps. [[User:Pacman|Pacman]] 16:56, 28 August 2007 (EDT) | ||
Latest revision as of 15:56, 28 August 2007
What the hell? This article makes us sound lazy and grade-obsessed. I suggest a major rewrite and change in tone. Foobar 23:04, 22 May 2007 (EDT)
- I disagree. One of the benefits of having an independent CUWiki is that we're free to be candid. I don't see why the article about GPA should not be "grade-obsessed." It seems to me that anyone who cares enough to look this page up could use some real-world knowledge about the rules of the GPA game-- I wish I'd known this stuff during my freshman year. XavierTheNerd
- I think Foobar has a point, though I wouldn't go so far as to say "major rewrite", but lines like "you should only register with easy professors" could be changed in tone. Nonsensical 23:45, 23 May 2007 (EDT)
- Could we get an approximate GPA for Latin honors and Phi Beta Kappa? --Bobobo 16:06, 28 August 2007 (EDT)
- They change every year. I know that those who earned summa in 2007 had above a 3.96 at least, but I'm not sure how much above, exactly. I think Phi Beta Kappa includes everyone in summa and magna cum laudes, if that helps. Pacman 16:56, 28 August 2007 (EDT)
