My fianc�e noted the same grading behavior at her Masters program at Carnegie-Mellon. It also was pretty tough to get in although again exceptions are made (and those people are often recognizable in the class).
The program was very competitive and a B was unusual, a C really was a charity grade because "nobody fails the program" as it reflects poorly on the school and affects rankings. It's seen that a school with high failure ratings among students has poor teaching or other factors so they try to minimise failures if at all possible. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:schmidt@;hungrycow.com] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:20 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CRUISE OF A LIFETIME ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:15 PM Subject: CRUISE OF A LIFETIME > No the point is that the difference between a C+ and a failure is typically pressure from above. A C+ is like saying you failed but we (for whatever reason) won't fail you. Moreover even though the entrance requirements to Harvard may be tough (and there always are exceptions that will allow any idiot in - endowing a chair or having an alumni as a parent are example) the passing requirements are not. Typically a B+ in a grad program is considered average. And to continue past the MBA or any masters degree, a gpa of 3.5 or better is a necessessity. A C+ average simply shows that the administration didn't want the problems of failing the child of a very prominent alumini. Last time I checked a C+ wasn't charity for failing. That argument is just ludicrous. > > And what about the tax cuts? Even when the economy was tanking, the > shrub admin still went ahead with the tax cut scheme. Why they went with this piece of exceptional idiocy even though with the tax cuts and the reduced tax revenues because of the economy guarenteed that we'd be back in massive deficits very quickly. A prime example of an ideology being stupidly applied regardless of the very changed circumstances. Two schools of thought Tax and spend or give money back to the people. I don't think either would have helped the economy "bounce" right back. I know my $600 helped out. > > Another wonderful example of this stupidity is the new push for privatizing Social Security. The shrub administration is still pushing this one. Hey, Why can't I manage the money I put in? Nothing wrong with that Idea. > > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
