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Final University Grades - How do they worK?
« on: May 20, 2008, 12:35:42 pm »
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I was just wondering...

After all assessments and exams have been done and the uni calculates the final grade, is that grade just a percentage or is it a ranking against everyone doing the subject (similar to VCE???)

What if there is a subject where there is a high fail rate??? Do they then scale it up so that the grade distribution is like a bell curve???

IM soo confused!!!!!!

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Re: Final University Grades - How do they worK?
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2008, 04:27:05 pm »
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It's a percentage, not a rank. I think some subjects mark on the bell curve, but not all, you'd have to check with the people running your course. If lots of people do really badly, the course coordinators may decide that the assessment was too difficult and would then scale people up.

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Re: Final University Grades - How do they worK?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2008, 08:04:08 pm »
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Simply raw marks.

The way they 'scale' at Uni, from my observation, is to mark 'hard' or 'easy'.
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Re: Final University Grades - How do they worK?
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2008, 07:02:30 pm »
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More or less what excal said. Theres no rankings to worry about, you're ultimately just competing against yourself.
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