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A comment on Harvard says it's been giving too many A grades to students. Parent comment
* First * Upper Second (aka 2:1) * Lower Second (aka 2:2) * Third * Pass * Fail
Some students put module scores down but they are basically meaningless.
And then like the US a degree from a top University is worth more than a degree from another University (by a class or more)
Part of the reason they are worth less is the lack of standardisation of course content. Part of it is grade inflation. Part of it is legacy.
One interesting case is that I know Cambridge grades to a curve. There will never be more than x% of the students getting a first in a single year.
Comparitively my University just had a overall % threshold of weighted module scores.
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* First * Upper Second (aka 2:1) * Lower Second (aka 2:2) * Third * Pass * Fail
Some students put module scores down but they are basically meaningless.
And then like the US a degree from a top University is worth more than a degree from another University (by a class or more)
Part of the reason they are worth less is the lack of standardisation of course content. Part of it is grade inflation. Part of it is legacy.
One interesting case is that I know Cambridge grades to a curve. There will never be more than x% of the students getting a first in a single year.
Comparitively my University just had a overall % threshold of weighted module scores.