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is it true?
is it true that the less courses you take the more strict they are with your marking? hence harder/more challenging to get a higher grade point average than students who have more courses than you?
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05-02-2011 at 03:47 AM
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05-02-2011 at 09:28 AM
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lol, no, most students take a full course load (15 units/semester), which is equivalent to 5 courses per semester. This course load is manageable if you put in the time and effort. Some students choose to take 6 courses first semester and 4 second semester. Either way it's up to you and you wont get marked harder/easier depending on the course load you have.
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05-02-2011 at 09:33 AM
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is it true that the less courses you take the more strict they are with your marking? hence harder/more challenging to get a higher grade point average than students who have more courses than you?
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Marking is done on a course-by-course basis, regardless of whether you have 1 course or 7 in one semester. |
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05-02-2011 at 10:28 AM
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lol thanks.... I always get screwed in the finals man... my midterms and test are like 70-80's .... but i end up with like 4's and 5's in the course....
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05-02-2011 at 12:29 PM
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Well yes it is true when you are talking about getting an average for second year cutoffs. if you have less courses you need a higher average in individual classes to get the same average as someone who took the full courseload
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05-02-2011 at 12:54 PM
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I dont know how other faculties work but at least this is the case for enginering. Cutoff are determined by number of pionts. for example one streams cutoff is 270 points. if i took the normal 37 credits i would need an overall CA of 7.3 but if i only took 31 credits i would need a 8.7
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05-02-2011 at 12:56 PM
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I dont know how other faculties work but at least this is the case for enginering. Cutoff are determined by number of pionts. for example one streams cutoff is 270 points. if i took the normal 37 credits i would need an overall CA of 7.3 but if i only took 31 credits i would need a 8.7
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That is very interesting. I don't think the science faculty is like that. |
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05-02-2011 at 10:51 PM
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I dont know how other faculties work but at least this is the case for enginering. Cutoff are determined by number of pionts. for example one streams cutoff is 270 points. if i took the normal 37 credits i would need an overall CA of 7.3 but if i only took 31 credits i would need a 8.7
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Never knew that, but for the most case, you need to pass (few exceptions) all your 1st year courses to get accepted into a stream, no? Unless you somehow mess up your electives  |
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05-02-2011 at 10:58 PM
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Some people got into 2nd year with failed courses. Ex: a comp eng who failed chem 1e03
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is it true that the less courses you take the more strict they are with your marking? hence harder/more challenging to get a higher grade point average than students who have more courses than you?
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05-02-2011 at 11:07 PM
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lol thanks.... I always get screwed in the finals man... my midterms and test are like 70-80's .... but i end up with like 4's and 5's in the course....
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Stop being bad, then.
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05-03-2011 at 02:41 PM
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wish i was LOL. guess gotta work harder in eng and go to class!! |
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05-04-2011 at 10:13 AM
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is it true that the less courses you take the more strict they are with your marking? hence harder/more challenging to get a higher grade point average than students who have more courses than you?
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an engineer without common sense, thats a new one.
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