Schedule Of Classes.

k314sig09
Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:22:58 +0000

Criteria for an A, B or other depends on the course. Most courses have a
A 94-100
A- 90-93
B+ 87-90
B 84-86
B- 80-83
etc, etc, with below a 60 failing

Some of the courses, mainly the ones required for the majors, require a 70% pass rate and have a much higher grading scale. For example, in the CAORF class, a 97-100 is an A and a 93-96 is an A-.

As for the pass rates, I also attribute this to the fact that engineers only require a 70%+ for all of their tests to pass, however deckies require at least 90% on some of their tests and 80% on others and only a 70% on 2 or 3. This makes things difficult when you either can’t miss a question, or only get 1 or 2 wrong to pass, whereas engineers can get a large percentage of their questions wrong and still pass.

Personally (being a deckie) I find engineering to be easier because for deckies it is a bunch of rote memorization while for engineers it is all equations and such and much more hands on, making things easier. I just chose to be a deckie because I dislike the noise and heat of the engine room and like seeing the sun. A lot of people will disagree with me that engineers have it easier than deckies, but meh…