Cornell grading

[johnny05]

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@csdad

…“mediocre” is in the eye of the beholder. People who spout about increasing standards (common core / high stakes testing, etc.) are typically at the high end of intellect of that particular group, thus their perception of what is “difficult” or “easy” can be atypical of the group.

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<p>I might have went a bit overboard, but I’m tired of people who keep spouting how difficult Cornell grading is, when the reality is that most median grades are B+/A-. </p>

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@WongTongWong

The only course that’s supposed to be “challenging” in the curriculum is 3510, which I presume you’re taking next semester- the rest are intended to be a lot of material but not difficult. It’ll be one of the courses I’m TAing next sem, so it’ll be interesting to see how the students perform compared to previous years.

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<p>Yes, I’m taking it next semester. Have fun in office hours haha, 3500 office hours was filled with students who were just ‘begging’ for homework answers with no attempt whatsoever.</p>