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I just checked my final results for uni this past semester.

The courses seemed rather easy, so I was aiming for something ridiculously good. In Australia, your grades go from 7 being the highest (85%+) to a 1 being a complete fail and a 4 being a pass (don't ask me why).

I was hoping for all 7s this semester, which might have been a bit extreme. I revised that down to 3 7s and a 6...until the group assignment came along.

Group Assingments are a bit like socialism: the good ones get punished for the bad ones' incompetence. :p
We only scraped through with about 51% on that assignment, which ruined my chances in that course*.

Then I had a bunch of essay-type final exams, which aren't my speciality (I much prefer math-type stuff for an exam).

Long story short: 7s for Business Law and Cost-Benefit Analysis, a 6 for Advanced Macroeconomics (thanks to the essay format of the final) and a 5 for Managing International Business Operations (the group assignment, another essay format and just generally a rather badly organised course).

It's pretty good, and most people would be happy with those marks, but I can't help but feel disappointed nonetheless.

How did you go? Do you put too much pressure on yourselves?

*Case in Point: My average for individual assignments is somewhere around 87%, it's 76% for group assignments.

Actually, all uni's here seem to use a totally different system. The Monash one is: Fail, Near Pass, Pass, Credit, Distinction, High Distinction. And Melbourne University has wacky things like H1s and H2s and the like, whatever they mean.

I should find out my results in 5 minutes or so. I was aiming for a distinction average (70%+) but throughout my course i've been 1 or 2 percent below that level. Eh.

(edit - and on a side note, i'm expecting one of my highest marks this semester to be a groupwork assignment. ;))

Meh, straight B's as usual.

In one of my final year group projects we had a guy who did NO work at all.
We told him to work or we would kick him out of the group.
He thought we were bluffing.
We went to the lecturer, told him this person had done no work which meant we had to do more and that we did not think he deserved the grade.
The lecturer agreed and gave him Zero.

Nice. Two distinctions, a high distinction, and a credit (1% off a distinction). Not a bad way to finish my degree.

Nice. Two distinctions, a high distinction, and a credit (1% off a distinction). Not a bad way to finish my degree.
Yay!

So you're done now? What's your degree and final GPA? And are you gonna do postgrad stuff?

Because really, it seems like postgrad is the only thing that the GPA really matters for. As long as you pass everything, you get the piece of paper anyways.

About as good as my natural talents alone can get me, so something around 3.4-3.5 (On the basis of the US 4.0 scale, that is).

I slack horribly.

Straight As *smug* but scraping through at the lower end of the scale, as usual.

I just checked my final results for uni this past semester.

The courses seemed rather easy, so I was aiming for something ridiculously good. In Australia, your grades go from 7 being the highest (85%+) to a 1 being a complete fail and a 4 being a pass (don't ask me why).

I was hoping for all 7s this semester, which might have been a bit extreme. I revised that down to 3 7s and a 6...until the group assignment came along.

Group Assingments are a bit like socialism: the good ones get punished for the bad ones' incompetence. :p
We only scraped through with about 51% on that assignment, which ruined my chances in that course*.

Then I had a bunch of essay-type final exams, which aren't my speciality (I much prefer math-type stuff for an exam).

Long story short: 7s for Business Law and Cost-Benefit Analysis, a 6 for Advanced Macroeconomics (thanks to the essay format of the final) and a 5 for Managing International Business Operations (the group assignment, another essay format and just generally a rather badly organised course).

It's pretty good, and most people would be happy with those marks, but I can't help but feel disappointed nonetheless.

How did you go? Do you put too much pressure on yourselves?

*Case in Point: My average for individual assignments is somewhere around 87%, it's 76% for group assignments.

I got a 2:1, means 60-70% average overall.

Nice. Two distinctions, a high distinction, and a credit (1% off a distinction). Not a bad way to finish my degree.

well done dude :)
have a celebratory fluffle :fluffle: ;)


i'm not at uni this year *shrugs*
edit: though this is the middle of the semester for (most) british uni's and schools

I haven't written my exams yet. So far I have an A in all but one of my courses, where I have a B.

Yay!

So you're done now? What's your degree and final GPA? And are you gonna do postgrad stuff?

Because really, it seems like postgrad is the only thing that the GPA really matters for. As long as you pass everything, you get the piece of paper anyways.

Just a BA, majoring in Politics/International Studies. Haven't figured out my average marks yet. Probably just below a distinction.

I've thought about postgrad stuff, but postgrad arts stuff is generally only for people who want to teach or become academics. I'm not sure if that's what I really want. I think i'll take next year off and try and find work...if I can't, well, i'll go back and see what I can do - I might be able to convince them to let me into honours with these marks. :) On the other hand, i'm only 20, and I can probably afford to relax for a year somewhere along the line and travel...

well done dude :)
have a celebratory fluffle :fluffle: ;)


Thanks :D :fluffle:

Fairly well. Most of my first and second years passed the listening portion of the exam, which is good because we had really been concentrating on building up their ability to understand spoken English and pick out information.

My third years are in trouble though, many were having a very rough time with the mock entrance exam we gave and a lot just out right panicked at the listening test. We're going to have to go back and pound that puppy again.







What? Doing well at school takes on a different meaning when you're the teacher. ;)

You all use silly grading systems.

I got a 3rd, which was bad, but I also got a Masters, which is good!

Unfortunately employers tend to stop reading my CV at the 3rd part and never see the masters.

I don't really remember how I did at uni. I was drunk most of the time.

Fairly well. Most of my first and second years passed the listening portion of the exam, which is good because we had really been concentrating on building up their ability to understand spoken English and pick out information.

My third years are in trouble though, many were having a very rough time with the mock entrance exam we gave and a lot just out right panicked at the listening test. We're going to have to go back and pound that puppy again.

I just had flashbacks of my high school Japanese class. Good to know that they were in the same boat, too. ;)

An Attila (upper second class (2:1)).

Nice. Two distinctions, a high distinction, and a credit (1% off a distinction). Not a bad way to finish my degree.
Tolda ya! :fluffle:

Just a BA, majoring in Politics/International Studies. Haven't figured out my average marks yet. Probably just below a distinction. Wait, so the marks you just gave us were for... what again?

I've thought about postgrad stuff, but postgrad arts stuff is generally only for people who want to teach or become academics. I'm not sure if that's what I really want. I think i'll take next year off and try and find work...if I can't, well, i'll go back and see what I can do - I might be able to convince them to let me into honours with these marks. :) On the other hand, i'm only 20, and I can probably afford to relax for a year somewhere along the line and travel... Told ya. :fluffle:

Yay!

So you're done now? What's your degree and final GPA? And are you gonna do postgrad stuff?

Because really, it seems like postgrad is the only thing that the GPA really matters for. As long as you pass everything, you get the piece of paper anyways.

Here in the US we generally have a 4.0 scale. M undergrad GPA was a 3.41 and my Grad GPA was a 3.93. Figure out what the relative percentage would be if you based that on a 100 percentage point scale. I was very proud of myself considering I double majored and had a concentrated Master's program. I also went to a wonderful school in NJ that begins with a P. Donald Rumsfeld is a fellow Alumni, although I'm not so sure if that's something to take pride in.

Just a BA, majoring in Politics/International Studies. Haven't figured out my average marks yet. Probably just below a distinction.

I've thought about postgrad stuff, but postgrad arts stuff is generally only for people who want to teach or become academics. I'm not sure if that's what I really want. I think i'll take next year off and try and find work...if I can't, well, i'll go back and see what I can do - I might be able to convince them to let me into honours with these marks. :) On the other hand, i'm only 20, and I can probably afford to relax for a year somewhere along the line and travel...

Congrats. :)

I don't know my grades yet, since the exams we got back so far are still going to be curved relative to the finals, which won't be until next week.

Here in the US we generally have a 4.0 scale. M undergrad GPA was a 3.41 and my Grad GPA was a 3.93. Figure out what the relative percentage would be if you based that on a 100 percentage point scale. I was very proud of myself considering I double majored and had a concentrated Master's program. I also went to a wonderful school in NJ that begins with a P. Donald Rumsfeld is a fellow Alumni, although I'm not so sure if that's something to take pride in.

GO PTON!!

*does a little dance while sitting naked in his dorm room* :D

As for the topic of this discussion, it is still way too early for me... Still a sophomore. My grades are average, I guess, for a ChemEng major.

GO PTON!!

*does a little dance while sitting naked in his dorm room* :D

As for the topic of this discussion, it is still way too early for me... Still a sophomore. My grades are average, I guess, for a ChemEng major.

Put some clothes on, dammit.

nudity is terrible fun, especially in a dorm room. I find myself just wandering around the house at times in the buff. Windows closed of course with the door locked. No need to frighten the neighbors.

Well, finals are at the end of the month, and so far during my year and a half here I've been maintaining a B+/A- kind of thing.

My GPA at this instant is 3.21, but I expect that to go up after finals.

(not bad for the Ivy league!)

I also went to a wonderful school in NJ that begins with a P.

show-off :p

Meh. It's overrated.

I also went to a wonderful school in NJ that begins with a P.

hmmm...the arch-nemesis of that wonderful school in Pennsylvania that (almost) begins with a P? :D

Wait, so the marks you just gave us were for... what again?

They're just my marks for last semester. My overall course marks are different (I can't access them at the moment)

Told ya. :fluffle:

:fluffle: Well, it's a maybe, and I don't even know if I want to do it anyway. :p

Congrats. :)

Thanks. :)

I'm still in high school, but first semester exams are in two weeks. I was really disappointed at myself on the progress report, but as long as I bring my grade in AP Chem up to an A by the end of the quarter in two weeks, I'll be fine.

AP Psychology- 97% A
AP English- 99% A
AP Latin- 98% A
Dual-Enrollment Pre-Calculus- 98% A
AP American History- 97% A
AP Chemistry- 89% B:( (Just one point away from being an A, but at least it's only a progress report and so doesn't count for anything. I'm ashamed of myself, nonetheless.)
Physics I Honors- 100% A

I did very well in high school and very well in university. When I was in high school, I put a ton of pressure on myself to get good grades and do a ton of extracurricular stuff because of the colleges I wanted to apply to. My parents also pressured me to do well. By the time I got to university, I was pretty burned out, and didn't do so well at first. But that turned around by the time I graduated. :)

I'm still in high school, but first semester exams are in two weeks. I was really disappointed at myself on the progress report, but as long as I bring my grade in AP Chem up to an A by the end of the quarter in two weeks, I'll be fine.

AP Psychology- 97% A
AP English- 99% A
AP Latin- 98% A
Dual-Enrollment Pre-Calculus- 98% A
AP American History- 97% A
AP Chemistry- 89% B:( (Just one point away from being an A, but at least it's only a progress report and so doesn't count for anything. I'm ashamed of myself, nonetheless.)
Physics I Honors- 100% A
Uhhh... you're ashamed of a B? Relax. One B won't kill you, especially since it's not a final grade.

If you're anything like me, you won't listen, but it had to be said...

I'm still in high school, but first semester exams are in two weeks. I was really disappointed at myself on the progress report, but as long as I bring my grade in AP Chem up to an A by the end of the quarter in two weeks, I'll be fine.

AP Psychology- 97% A
AP English- 99% A
AP Latin- 98% A
Dual-Enrollment Pre-Calculus- 98% A
AP American History- 97% A
AP Chemistry- 89% B:( (Just one point away from being an A, but at least it's only a progress report and so doesn't count for anything. I'm ashamed of myself, nonetheless.)
Physics I Honors- 100% A

Seeing this I'm ashamed of my B average. :(

Ah... school :D

I got a 42/42 on my IB exams.. Good times.. Good times..

This semester, I'm probably getting two B's, one in ChemE, the other in Linear Algebra (very depressing.. I blew the midterm after getting 100s throughout the semester). I'm getting As in three other courses (another ChemE course, a language course, and a comp sci course)

Uhhh... you're ashamed of a B? Relax. One B won't kill you, especially since it's not a final grade.

If you're anything like me, you won't listen, but it had to be said...

I've never gotten a B on a report card before, so I don't want to if I can avoid it. Colleges won't like me if I get a B, and I won't like myself, either.

I've never gotten a B on a report card before, so I don't want to if I can avoid it. Colleges won't like me if I get a B, and I won't like myself, either.
Colleges will like you just fine if you have one B on your high school transcript. Really, they will. One B won't make a difference, especially if it's in an AP class.

I cheated my way to the top

Colleges will like you just fine if you have one B on your high school transcript. Really, they will. One B won't make a difference, especially if it's in an AP class.

But I'm just in Florida, and I've heard that everyone up north is much smarter than I am, even though I'm ranked first in my class right now. A B will kill my GPA, too. I won't have a 4.0 anymore. I'm pretty sure that it'll be an A for the quarter, but now it's the semester exam I'm most worried about.

everyone hated me because I messed up the curve.

I don't remember learning anything really though, it's just like I already knew it, I found out later that I was at least 4 grade levels ahead of my peers which explains why I got into so much trouble........I was hopelessly bored.

I found out a few weeks back that they wanted to skip me to highschool when I was in the 5th grade but my mom wouldn't let them......one more reason to loathe her. .

But I'm just in Florida, and I've heard that everyone up north is much smarter than I am, even though I'm ranked first in my class right now. A B will kill my GPA, too. I won't have a 4.0 anymore. I'm pretty sure that it'll be an A for the quarter, but now it's the semester exam I'm most worried about.
Err... I've never heard anything like that. What grade are you in, and where do you want to go for university?

everyone hated me because I messed up the curve.

I don't remember learning anything really though, it's just like I already knew it, I found out later that I was at least 4 grade levels ahead of my peers which explains why I got into so much trouble........I was hopelessly bored.

I found out a few weeks back that they wanted to skip me to highschool when I was in the 5th grade but my mom wouldn't let them......one more reason to loathe her. .
:eek: Smunkee is one smart cookie!

:eek: Smunkee is one smart cookie!

yeah, only because my home life sucked, I learned to read at 2 and would read all day long until bedtime so that I didn't have to talk to anyone.

Err... I've never heard anything like that. What grade are you in, and where do you want to go for university?

I'm a junior, and I want to go to the University of South Florida as an undergraduate. And everyone who moves here from New York and places like that says that school is much harder there.

94% average.

I'm a junior, and I want to go to the University of South Florida as an undergraduate. And everyone who moves here from New York and places like that says that school is much harder there.

Well, that's mostly because up north you have to deal with school and winter!

I went to what is now USF's Sarasota campus (New College). Started back in 1969, threw away my bras and stopped shaving my legs, it was the best six years I ever spent (though I admit, not all of it was at school). We didn't exactly have grades, either, everything as pass/fail. Transcript time for people who transferred or went on to grad school was fun for the professors. I don't know if they offer what you might want academically, Chandelier, but how many places could you go where the library was built by one Ringling Brother and one of the other ones lived next door in a huge, over-the-top mansion that's now a museum? Oh, and the John & Mabel Ringling Museum of Art is just down the road, with a pretty good collection of baroque painting.

Well, that's mostly because up north you have to deal with school and winter!

I went to what is now USF's Sarasota campus (New College). Started back in 1969, threw away my bras and stopped shaving my legs, it was the best six years I ever spent (though I admit, not all of it was at school). We didn't exactly have grades, either, everything as pass/fail. Transcript time for people who transferred or went on to grad school was fun for the professors. I don't know if they offer what you might want academically, Chandelier, but how many places could you go where the library was built by one Ringling Brother and one of the other ones lived next door in a huge, over-the-top mansion that's now a museum? Oh, and the John & Mabel Ringling Museum of Art is just down the road, with a pretty good collection of baroque painting.

I've been to that museum several times. It's pretty good. I went there once on a field trip in elementary school, once to perform in my school's chorus, and once for a field trip in World History. I want to go to the Tampa campus, though, even though the Sarasota campus is closer.

Nice. Two distinctions, a high distinction, and a credit (1% off a distinction). Not a bad way to finish my degree.

Very nice, congrats! :D

I got three distinctions and a credit. My highest mark was for phl, what did you get? :p

And to the OP, high school I ranked in the top 5% of my state. :D

I've been to that museum several times. It's pretty good. I went there once on a field trip in elementary school, once to perform in my school's chorus, and once for a field trip in World History. I want to go to the Tampa campus, though, even though the Sarasota campus is closer.

The tampa campus is fantastic. When I fly down there, I always drive right past the campus on the way south.

Interestingly enough, I was offered a scholarship there. I said no, but it's really a great place if it's where you want to go.

Im in my freshman year at uni

-English composition B/B+? I dont really know but im basing it on my essay grades
- Calculus A
-Chemistry B+ I'm so close to an A. It sucks because I'm always so close to an A in my alot of my classes, especially in high school but I cant make it :(

Oddly enough, I'm getting high A's (in the nineties) for two of my classes and pretty much failing the other two this semester. Oh well - redemption will come with final exams. It's my policy to bomb midterms and ace finals - I find I have better self-respect that way, and marks end up a bit more satisfactory. My fifth curse - english - I'm not sure, but I'll probably end up with an A- since I can't be bothered woith doing the fuckloads of busy-work we get asigned.

And congrats to Kanabia for wrapping up his degree respectably!

Nice. Two distinctions, a high distinction, and a credit (1% off a distinction). Not a bad way to finish my degree.

GRRR did the same thing with that credit. Mine not as important only a financial literacy competition my year 10 Commerce class did but it annoys me :(. Ah well got my first Distinction this year, in Science :D.

When you discover that the school you've been attending via correspondence since 1998 isn't even a real school, and it's just a business that only cares about the status quo, you suddenly realise that none of it mattered, and finally decide to drop out of school altogether.

Because if you're stuck in a rut because of something that people told you had to be done, what does that do for you? Absolutely nothing. And so what if you made exceptional grades? It didn't matter. Not one bit.

And it never will.

Finished school this year, and I get my results on December 11. Honestly, I think I'll be lucky if they don't just publish "Mentally Retarded" as my results.

I have a 4.0 average (the highest possible) so far, but only on 15 credits, out of 120, and at an easy school.

I've been to that museum several times. It's pretty good. I went there once on a field trip in elementary school, once to perform in my school's chorus, and once for a field trip in World History. I want to go to the Tampa campus, though, even though the Sarasota campus is closer.

There is somethng to be said for putting distance between yourself and the old homestead, making that break. I've never seen the Tampa campus, it's likely to have changed completely from what it was in the 70's anyway, just as Sarasota itself has changed tremendously ever since they finished I-75 down to Venice. In my day it was still a fairly sleepy retirement town.

I'm sure you'll do fine (and don't believe that crap about Northerners being so much smarter ... that's all it is, crap).

high school: didn't feel like studying -> 75% end result

entrance exam to get into a though engineering course at a though uni: did some work to be sure -> 98.75%, was allowed in (only 2 in my country got a better score)

uni: got a bit lazy again -> 80%, high distinction (top 4% of my class)

Well, in elementary school, I was at the top of my class every year, and thus, I have a ton of cheap plastic trophies. I went to middle school for one year, and then got into the most competitive public high school in The USA, where I've been getting incredibly odd grades for the last five years. I don't work hard at all, but I can get A's in certain classes, but I also get D's in certain classes (Latin). However, starting next week, I will go to a normal suburban high school for the end of my senior year and hopefully I will do better then before.

I'm a junior, and I want to go to the University of South Florida as an undergraduate. And everyone who moves here from New York and places like that says that school is much harder there.

I'm pretty sure that you would do very well at my current school. Trust me, those are not grades to be remotely ashamed of.

Well, I am still in the middle of my end-of-year exams for NCEA Level Three, however, I would not be able to give you detailed results, except that I have gotten an average of Merits (like a B) during my Secondary School years

First year science.
Calculus: A (80-90%)
Algebra: A+ (90%+)
Physics 1: A (80-85)
Physics 2: A (ditto)
comp 1: A+ (85%+)
comp 2: A+ (ditto)

Stupid maths papers and their making A+ 90% otherwise I might've got one in calc too.

How did you do at school or uni? I did better than expected...



























I survived. :D

I'm pretty sure that you would do very well at my current school. Trust me, those are not grades to be remotely ashamed of.

Thank you.:)

There is somethng to be said for putting distance between yourself and the old homestead, making that break. I've never seen the Tampa campus, it's likely to have changed completely from what it was in the 70's anyway, just as Sarasota itself has changed tremendously ever since they finished I-75 down to Venice. In my day it was still a fairly sleepy retirement town.

I'm sure you'll do fine (and don't believe that crap about Northerners being so much smarter ... that's all it is, crap).

All right. Thank you. I wasn't sure whether to believe it or not. Thanks.:)

6th Form was my glory year,handled the school work alright, There or there abouts as Teh Shizz of Funniness.
Ah but 7th form tsk tsk tsk.:p
At least i 'graduated'.

Underachiever, definitely.

I have a 4.0 average (the highest possible) so far, but only on 15 credits, out of 120, and at an easy school.

Pitt?

hmmm...the arch-nemesis of that wonderful school in Pennsylvania that (almost) begins with a P? :D

Indeed, but the loathing is not coming from me. I don't get into that whole rivalry thing too often. I find that personal pride is more important than pride in a place you pay a price tag of a Lexus for every year to go. Thank God I got a scholarship or I would've be home at community. Playing football and baseball for the Tigers was a hell of a lot of fun as well. Sports tend to take the dullness away from the terribly demanding course work.

show-off :p

Go Tigers! When you earn something it's always good to be proud. This explains why those who have things handed to them will never be fulfilled in life. They always know they are not worthy of what they have. Anyone fit that description you know? Maybe sitting in the oval office going "WTF was I thinking!?"

Pitt?Even easier.

Even easier.

There's easier than Pitt? :eek:

;)

My in major/masters grades were all perfect scores. I graduated with a 4.0 in the major and 4.0 for the masters

Though I only got a 3.8 as a total gpa in under-grad work

Some of the more useless classes I did not try as hard as I should have

There's easier than Pitt? :eek:

;)Yep. Pitt's one of the better schools here, though obviously not as difficult as CMU.

Yep. Pitt's one of the better schools here, though obviously not as difficult as CMU.


Yeah, Carnegie-Mellon's definitely up there. But if not Pitt or CMU...where are you? I'm having a hard time coming up with other schools in Pittsburgh. :(