A* ??

mgcsinc
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:37:13 +0000

When will people nip this in the bud? A-HD and S-HD (or DISTA/DISTS in bannerland) should NEVER be written as A* or S* - it causes confusion. Asterisks are reserved for when a class is mandatory S/NC - you get an S*

In rare form, modest is wrong. I’m surprised! Maybe he just always assumed it to be rumor but it’s not. The High-Distinction grades exist for both A’s and S’s. In olden times you couldn’t see your distinctions - you would have to go to the Registrar’s office and actually ask about them. They would look them up in some book, and it was all quite silly. Now that we have Banner, you can actually see them on your internal transcript.

Whether you get A-HD’s depends largely on what professors you end up with, and what department you’re in. For example, I got an A-HD in each of the intro neuro classes I’ve taken. All in all, I’d say they’re not actually that rare, at least in my experience. I have 7 A-HD’s and 2 S-HD’s.

FYI, distinctions are never put on external transcripts.