*eye twitches*

[Nixy]

Frames and trusses and bears oh my!

Ok, no bears...just frames and trusses...and analysis of such things for my term test tonight...

 

[kuulani]

eew ... tests are yucky.

 

[Nixy]

almost done...1.5 more hours of studying...2 more question to get through...then it's off to write the test...

 

[Professur]

Remember the Fireman's motto. Never trust a truss.

 

[nalani]

it'll be ok, Nixy .. I got a C on my Hawaiian Language Test and a C on my Ethical Theory mid-term ... yep .. the 4.0 girl is no more ...

 

[Squiggy]

na...you know you'll always be a 10 with me...

 

[Nixy]

hmmmmm I hope i don't get a 4.0...we use a 12 scale...a 4.0 is like aless than a 60...

 

[Professur]

Actually, it's like less than 40..

 

[Squiggy]

Actually, its 33.3 ...Not that friggin hard to figure out...

 

[Nixy]

ACTUALLY anything below a 50 is 0 and a 1 is 50-54 and it increases from there but not in even increments

 

[Professur]

Oh, THe new math. I see.

 

[Nixy]

The standard grading system (4 point scale) isn't 2.0 = 50% is it?

 

[Squiggy]

I thought it was...

 

[Mirlyn]

The standard grading system (4 point scale) isn't 2.0 = 50% is it?

If you wanted to look at it as a percentage, then yeah, something like that.

 

[PuterTutor]

Not really.
A = 90-100% = 4.0
B = 80-90% = 3.0
C = 70-80% = 2.0
D = 60-70% = 1.0
F= 0-60% = NO.0

But some schools are different IE 92- 100, 84 - 92 etc...

 

[PuterTutor]

Oh, and in my core classes, that is the CIS classes, anything below a C counts as an F. Financial aid will still pay for a D, but I don't get credit from the school for taking the class, so it has to be re-taken. Of course, Financial aid won't pay for you to take a class twice either, so...

 

[Professur]

I feel antique. When I was in school, 50% was a pass. And we called it 50%. Not A, B, C, or 2.5, 3.2.

 

[PuterTutor]

Damn Prof, I didn't think you were much older than me. It's always been <60 is flunking, grade school up through college.

 

[Nixy]

*clears throat* it is the difference between the US and Canada. It is about as hard to get a 60 in the US system as it is to get a 50 in the Canadian system.

 

[Nixy]

Mirlyn...grade point scales aren't converter to percentages the same way you'd convert say...25/50 on a test. Each GP has a defined percentage that is associated with it. Normally average is calculated from the percentage grades and then based on the conversion chart (an example of which PT posted) the grades are converted to a GPA