BF2S Forums College discussion thread

macbeth i think you have issues.

can we start an asian thread for you, too? seeing as almost every single discussion gets side-tracked with your monomania about asians. like the page of discussion we had about a bombing tragedy that somehow had the conspicuous detail for you of featuring an asian coed.

Macbeth wrote:

Since there are college discussions infecting non related threads let us concentrate them here. So to begin


How does your college grade things? How are Australians schools compared to everywhere else.

Australian uni's are REALLY easy to get into if you're coming from a US system (only need 1600s for SAT's for a humanities degree). But it's tough work once you're actually in. Even the OMGSMARTASIANS flunk out.

most elite french colleges and state ecoles have to take on everyone who applies, and literally 2/3'rds of the enrollment are expected to be 'phased out' and drop out from the course. they also have grand ecoles and super-elite colleges that are normally only accessed by privileged or promising students who go through a separate pre-uni schooling system, which is private & posh, in the grand lycees.

the more you know

My school is in the top 30 in the world. A 4.0 is an 85. Around 10% of the class receives 80%+.

My work here is done.

Cybargs wrote:

Pochsy wrote:

My school is in the top 30 in the world. A 4.0 is an 85. Around 10% of the class receives 80%+.

My work here is done.

Less than 6.8% of students at my uni receive anything above a 75

12-15% of our graduating classes, on average, get above a 70 overall in their degree (a 1:1, the lowest limit for the top grade)

normally about 2-3 a year graduate summa over here, per department/faculty. some years 1 (or even none, though i didn't hear of it in my 4 years).

yeah, getting above a 75 (a strong 1:1, magna) is extremely hard here. mostly because in the humanities, if you turn in a top-rate piece of work, they're normally only likely to mark it just a few marks above 70, the basic limit for the 'top' grade. as i said earlier, anything above an 80 then represents something of publishable, peer-review quality. anything above 90 is kind of starting to imply a sort of 'perfection' or total satisfaction that really just isn't possible in the humanities style classical 'essay' (essay etymologically deriving from the word for 'attempt'...). so it just doesn't happen. people mostly covet a 60-70 in the system over here, 65+ if you want a 'strong' or 'safe' grade. that's a 2:1, the standard 'good' pass (merit i guess you'd call it in systems with a pass/merit/distinction schema; something like a solid A- or 3.7GPA). almost all graduate-career jobs and career advancements will require a 2:1, but that's it. the 1:1 is just extra icing on the cake for particularly strong candidates. the magna/summa prizes are normally handed out here so infrequently, and only for such academic prowess, that they function more as academic sponsorships than concrete career benefit. most people who get them end up being lured by scholarships to postgraduate research.

Last edited by Uzique The Lesser (2013-04-19 03:38:38)

i told you not to take a dumbshit masters

It's amazing how much ego validation some people perceive from people who really don't care.

Jury rests.

Some people have a lame existence and think the response of a drunk person is "caring" and important. To each their own, I guess.

Gotta have goals.