chicago510
Posts: 5,728
Apr 25, 2013 9:07am
A very similar situation happened at my girlfriend's dental school (OSU).
They decided to change the grading scale (!!!!!) because class average was something like 88%, and for years past it was more like 75%. The higher-ups accused the brand new professor of being too lenient.
What was BS, was they didn't change it until the end of the semester, when they realized the class average was too high for their liking compared to previous professors.
Several people failed the course (because they barely studied for the final in a class they were cruising through), appealed to the dean academic affairs, and won.
Sucks for people like my girlfriend, who went from an A to a B+ without doing a single thing wrong.
Hope your situation works out, GOON.
They decided to change the grading scale (!!!!!) because class average was something like 88%, and for years past it was more like 75%. The higher-ups accused the brand new professor of being too lenient.
What was BS, was they didn't change it until the end of the semester, when they realized the class average was too high for their liking compared to previous professors.
Several people failed the course (because they barely studied for the final in a class they were cruising through), appealed to the dean academic affairs, and won.
Sucks for people like my girlfriend, who went from an A to a B+ without doing a single thing wrong.
Hope your situation works out, GOON.
like_that
Posts: 26,625
Apr 25, 2013 9:17am
Nice to see that they were held accountable. Despite preaching academic integrity, I believe profs get away with bullshit unethical tactics all the time.chicago510;1433282 wrote:A very similar situation happened at my girlfriend's dental school (OSU).
They decided to change the grading scale (!!!!!) because class average was something like 88%, and for years past it was more like 75%. The higher-ups accused the brand new professor of being too lenient.
What was BS, was they didn't change it until the end of the semester, when they realized the class average was too high for their liking compared to previous professors.
Several people failed the course (because they barely studied for the final in a class they were cruising through), appealed to the dean academic affairs, and won.
Sucks for people like my girlfriend, who went from an A to a B+ without doing a single thing wrong.
Hope your situation works out, GOON.
Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Apr 25, 2013 9:19am
How much does spelling a grammar count? :laugh:
GOONx19
Posts: 7,147
Apr 26, 2013 8:12pm
I'm officially a third-year. The chotchbag caved and admitted to the dean of student affairs that he was only going off word of mouth, so nobody's grades were affected. I got a B.
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MontyBrunswick
Apr 26, 2013 9:36pm
Gives you the green light to go get plastered tonightGOONx19;1434658 wrote:I'm officially a third-year. The chotchbag caved and admitted to the dean of student affairs that he was only going off word of mouth, so nobody's grades were affected. I got a B.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
Apr 26, 2013 9:44pm
Good
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Apr 26, 2013 11:42pm
dlazz;1434711 wrote:Gives you the green light to go get plastered tonight
You saying this is like a virgin cheering someone on to go get some strange.