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13. Who gives only letter grades in college? If you got a 95, you know you

Mon May 11, 2015, 10:37 PM

May 2015

--did better than someone with an 85, even if both grades counted as As.

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What’s the Point of a Professor? [View all] n2doc May 2015 OP

Back in the day in a galaxy far far away TexasProgresive May 2015 #1

Harvard is even much higher then that yeoman6987 May 2015 #2

The teacher I disliked the most was my 6th grade science teacher. Scootaloo May 2015 #3

Curve grading is idiotic. eridani May 2015 #6

If the grades don't fall on the bell curve TexasProgresive May 2015 #7

I see no reason why grades should necessarily fall on a bell curve. eridani May 2015 #11

I guess we will disagree TexasProgresive May 2015 #12

85 is an A? TexasProgresive May 2015 #14

There's a difference in definition. Igel May 2015 #9

That's one view. Igel May 2015 #10