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03-02-2008, 08:47 AM
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| Grading system at Michigan
How difficult is it to maintain a 4.0 GPA?
I hear about how difficult OChem is and stuff, but is maintaining a 4.0 reasonably feasible or totally impossible?
How do grades work at UMich?
Is it like high school or is there a curve, where so many get As, Bs, and so on?
I am almost 90% sure I will be attending UMich in the fall. | 
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03-02-2008, 09:40 PM
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| well...i dont know how hard it is to keep a 4.0 but i know the grading works like this:
A+=4.0
A-=3.7
B+=3.4
B=3.0
B-=2.7
C+=2.4
C=2.0
C-=1.7 | |
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03-03-2008, 12:47 AM
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| + is actually x.3, not x.4 | |
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03-03-2008, 09:33 AM
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| Are the grades in a class curved, so that so many get As, so many Bs, and so many Cs? | |
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03-03-2008, 06:01 PM
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| Wait... so there's no A's.... only A+'s? What's the grade range for an A+ then? | |
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03-03-2008, 06:58 PM
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| You aren't even sure if you will be going to school at Michigan, but you are worried about your chances of maintaining a certain GPA and whether grades are curved rather than actually learning, not just from your courses but from your teachers and your peers? Come on! | |
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03-03-2008, 07:16 PM
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| I'm almost certain (90%)!! | |
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03-03-2008, 07:51 PM
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| In ochem grades were usually:
80+ A
60+ B
40+ C
20+ D | |
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03-03-2008, 08:03 PM
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| it's really easy in LS&A or honors but hard in COE or architecture. So far I took 2 classes and am taking 2 classes in LSA this semester, I got an A+ and A last semester without doing much work, while I worked my butt off for Daida's Engin101 and got a B. | |
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03-05-2008, 02:46 PM
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#10 | | Senior Member
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| orgo's kicking my butt and it's an LSA class... i think upwards of 40 hours of studying and still only a B- on the last test? | |
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03-20-2008, 02:28 PM
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| i got that scale i posted earlier from the UM website so it has to be right... | |
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03-20-2008, 02:34 PM
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| This school is HARD. It's not easy at all to maintain a 4.0, unless you do some useless liberal arts major. If you're doing math, physics, economics, engineering or business, forget about getting a 3.7+ unless you're a genius. You might be able to pull of a 3.7+ in one semester, but over the course of 4 years, its going to be very difficult. In my honest opinion, anything above a 3.3 is excellent at this university. | |
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03-20-2008, 03:31 PM
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| Is it true that it's easier to get a high grade in an honors class? | |
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03-20-2008, 05:43 PM
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| ^ That's what I've heard. I don't trust word of mouth though - people in honors classes are smarter than the general population anyway. | |
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03-20-2008, 07:44 PM
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| In most cases, you have a better chance of getting a good grade in honors than regular, but you still have to put in a bit of extra work. From what I've seen, it's generally worth it. | |
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