How are your grades so far? - Page 2

The Germanator · 11-10-2003, 06:47 PM

I have no grades, suckers! For the first time in 15 years I'm not in any sort of school...Come to think of it, even I was in college I wouldn't be getting grades, we just get evaluations at Bennington, so no more grades ever I suppose.

GameMaster · 11-10-2003, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Joeiss

Stu and I are in grade 12... In grades 9, 10 and 11, I had to take 8 classes per year (4 classes each semester).. But in grade 12, you can only take 6 courses if you want to, and I chose to.

Every other week I am finished school at 1:15... And get home like at 1:30.. yep. It is great.

That's different. I'm in grade 12 also but we take as many as 7 classes (max) or as little as 5 classes (min). And we take all the classes all year. We don't take a certain number of them one semester and then do a new batch the second semester. But in grades 9, 10, and 11 we take seven classes.

I'm only doing 6 this year. I get out of school at 2:10! It feels like elementary school again! Yippee skippy!

Perfect Stu · 11-10-2003, 07:03 PM

3 grades for 3 courses. One of my buddies (he's a year older) is only taking 2 courses, the school is letting him because he has enough credits to Graduate, he just wants to boost his marks in a couple courses.

How long are each of your courses? Mine are 80 minutes...

And I don't even know if I'm gonna graduate this year...I probably won't. But in either case, I still can be eligible to go to University, diploma or not. It's a loophole that works like this:

-18+ years of age (which I will be before next school year)
-Scholarship
-Good enough grades in basic subjects like English and Math (I always get 80-90 in English, and 90+ in Math)

So yeah...that's why I'm taking 3 courses. 4 is a full schedule in Ontario.

GameMaster · 11-10-2003, 07:04 PM

80 minute classes! :eek:

I couldn't sit in a class for that long, lol.

Our classes are only 50 minutes and that's bad enough.

Perfect Stu · 11-10-2003, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

80 minute classes! :eek:

I couldn't sit in a class for that long, lol.

Our classes are only 50 minutes and that's bad enough.

That explains the difference in schedule...and you're probably going to have to sit through classes longer than 80 minutes if you're going to University...yep

Jason1 · 11-10-2003, 07:51 PM

hmmm...okay

Anatomly and Physiology= B+
Spanish II=B-
English 3=B
Drafting/CAD mechanical=A
U.S. History=B
Algebra II=A

Overall GPA of 12.

Vampyr · 11-10-2003, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason

Overall GPA of 12.

How is that possible?

The highest you can have is a 4.0, unless your taking AP (Advanced Placement) classes, in which each grade is worth one more point than a normal grade of that letter.

For example, my GPA is 4.25, because Im taking an AP class, and I have an A in it, but how do you have a 12?????

PureEvil · 11-10-2003, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyr

How is that possible?

The highest you can have is a 4.0, unless your taking AP (Advanced Placement) classes, in which each grade is worth one more point than a normal grade of that letter.

For example, my GPA is 4.25, because Im taking an AP class, and I have an A in it, but how do you have a 12?????

GPA scales are different everywhere.

At the college I'm going to right now, the GPA scale is out of 4.0. Last year it was out of 9.0. Other places will be different, it just depends on the school.

Vampyr · 11-10-2003, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Pure Evil

GPA scales are different everywhere.

At the college I'm going to right now, the GPA scale is out of 4.0. Last year it was out of 9.0. Other places will be different, it just depends on the school.

Hm. Intersting. I learned something new today.

One Winged Angel · 11-10-2003, 08:04 PM

World History - 73 (D+)
Algebra 2 - 82 (B)
English - 80 (B)
Biology - 80 (B)
Health - 93 (A)

I'm rather disappointed with my grades right. My GPA is only a 3.27

. But... I just stopped caring.

Bond · 11-10-2003, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason1

hmmm...okay

Anatomly and Physiology= B+
Spanish II=B-
English 3=B
Drafting/CAD mechanical=A
U.S. History=B
Algebra II=A

Overall GPA of 12.

My school was forced to go to a 12 points grading system because the competition for valid victorian was so tight. This is how it works out:

12 = A+
11 = A
10 = A-
9 = B+
8 = B
7 = B-
etc.

It's harder than a 4.0 GPA scale... the ranges are something like:

A+ = 100-98
A = 97-95
A- = 94-93
B+ = 92-91

It also sucks because Honors classes are graded the same way as normal classes are...

EDIT: on my scale Jason wouldn't have a 12, I suppose on his he does though.

Vampyr · 11-10-2003, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Bond

My school was forced to go to a 12 points grading system because the competition for valid victorian was so tight

Heh, dude, its one word: valedictorian. heh.

And anyway, when the race is really close like that at our school, they just let them tie and we have more than one valedictorian.

PureEvil · 11-10-2003, 08:15 PM

Yes, Vampyr is correct about the name.

Having more than one is kind of weird though.

valedictorian (n)
:the student usually having the highest rank in a graduating class who delivers the valedictory address at the commencement exercises

(From Merriam-Webster OnLine dictionary)

I believe it's always been just one student anywhere I've gone. Meh.

Vampyr · 11-10-2003, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by PureEvil

valedictorian (n)
:the student usually having the highest rank in a graduating class who delivers the valedictory address at the commencement exercises

Yes. And you have no idea what its like to set through SEVEN of those speeches.

The Germanator · 11-10-2003, 08:40 PM

Seven of them?! That is ridiculous.