My grades for Fall 2007

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English - B
Sociology - B
Justice Studies - A
Human Evolution - D

GPA: 3.0

I'm EXTREMELY pleased with my GPA since I only went to English and Justice studies classes (and even then only half the time). I didn't go to more than 5 sociology and 4 H.E. courses all semester.

I'll do better this semester...all fun classes and since it'll be getting on spring (no more Seasonal Affective!) I'll end up going more. Plus the way my schedule is I'm more likely to go to classes this next semester, which has been my biggest problem in college so far.

Neurobiology: A+
Cellular Neuroscience: B
Research Methods: A

English 252 (British Lit 1): A -
Spanish 215: A -
Math 107: A -

Quarter GPA: 3.7
Cumulative GPA: 3.8

Business Communication: A
Intro to MIS A
Roots of American Capitalism B
Intermediate Macro B
Econometrics B

Not too bad. I would have done better if I weren't so sloppy and did not screw up majorly a few times. I am hoping to do better next semester though.

Good job Tim! I remember the posts at first about how difficult it was for you after your difficult quiz. Don't ever give up. If college seems hard it's because it is. Otherwise everyone would have a degree, and they would be worthless.

I hope to see similar results in the spring!

The Psalms C
Music Fundamentals C+
Acting Fundamentals A (not surprised, I was expecting an A)
World Lit B
Journalism (Haven't gotten that grade yet, but it's graded on how well we followed the AP journalism structure used by all newshounds, if I'm lucky, I'll get a B in that....need the B to be able to apply for Resident Assistant)

I'm still eligible for a geosciences scholarship for the 2008-2009 school year.

Tim

Western Civ. History - A-
American History - B+
Philosophy - B+
Political Science - C+

This has been my last semester at my college, incidentally. I've decided to transfer to a technical school in order to get an associates degree. After I get that, I may pursue a four-year degree and even a master's degree.

That's great. I was always interested in geology, I took Earth Science I & II which were extremely interesting (though very easy, they were non-major classes).

I actually ended up doing very well in the lab (I love being there), though my overall performance was still mediocre.
English: A
Biology: C
Biology Lab: A
Economics: C
French: D
Math: S (satisfactory or unsatisfactory, it was non-credit so you either pass or fail)

I took a semester's worth of classes at a community college as a high schooler, and earned a 3.64, which pulls up my overall college performance. Still, I know I can do a lot better next semester and I will. Happy Winter break, everyone!

Geesh, I don't think it's plausible to translate into American grades.

We have a 15 points system which represents grades from 1 (best) to 6 (fail), 1 is given by more than 98% correct, 4 is still given by more than about 60% correct, 5 and 6 are a fail. I'll just say 1 = A, 2 = B and so on. I doubt someone wants to know the exacts.

Majors:
English C-
Biology D+

Else:
German D
Russian E
History C-
Philosophy C
Maths C-
PE C+

Anyone can beat this horrible report? It's actually very good compared to my other reports. That's where autism sucks, seriously.


Just remembered we also have these since this year. The state decided on it. There are above average, average, below average and fail.

Effort: Below Average
Reliability: Average
Independence: Average
Responsibility: Average
Conflict management: Average
Teamwork: Below Average

Really, someone tell me how to get a job with this.

Sora, are you a college student? What does a grade of "E" mean?

Not exactly College, there are no Colleges like this in my country... I'll try to explain it, I hope I'll do it right. I'm in grade 13 of a secondary school that allows people to take exams that permit them to enter university. People are usually about 19 years old by then, grades go from 1 to 4, 5 to 10 or 13, depending on the school.

From grades 1 to 11 instead of this A, B and so on there are numbers. 1 for best, 2 for good, 3 for average, 4 if like 'still all right', 5 means failure and 6... well, you can't move on to next year with a 6.
I'm not very knowledgeable of the American school system and figured if there were As and Bs and Cs, then there must be D, E and F as well.

I feel like elaborating, maybe someone's interested in it, huh?

In grades 12 and 13, instead of these scale from 1 to 6 students have a point system. There are up to 15 points, down to zero.
It goes like this
15
14
13
12 and so on.

The whole point system refers to the scale from 1 to 6.

15 1+ which is best
14 1
13 1-
12 2+
11 2
10 2-
9 3+
and so on down to

these. Students will have trouble passing with any of these, as you can't have more than 6 classes in 2 years under 5 points.

4 4-
3 5+
2 5
1 5-

And of course:

0 is the equivalent of 6, which means failure and a flunk out of school.

I wanted to express that E is a 5, two points, barely failed to fail.

In original my report looks like this. (It's the 15 point system.)

English 7
Biology 6
German 5
Russian 2
History 7
Philosophy 8
Maths 7
PE 9


After two years and the exams you can have a total of 840 points - then you'll be better than the best. You fail if you can't get at least 280 points. These points are then transferred into a GPA. You'll have to meet a certain GPA (it's called 'numerus clausus' of this particular exam here) to be allowed to take courses at university, the best courses like biology or medicine are only allowing those students who have at least 700 to 840 points.

However, majors, simple classes, actual exams and all is added up in a complicated way, it's not about adding all scores up to one result. Exam results are multiplied by 4, majors depending on which year the student is in are multiplied by 2 or 3. Not all classes a student takes are taken into consideration as well.... so, it's really complicated.

I do hope I got the German school system across somewhat.

I wish I'd have gone to an English school instead. I'd even have agreed to an American school.

Do you agree with their "Effort" rating of you? How do they know?

Also... you CAN get a job. So many places don't look at your transcript. It's not always the most important thing.

It's common in some areas of the US too, I think. In my school district we use Es, and they're basically the same as an F. It's different from the rest of the country because of all the bitching parents

Well, the school says that 'effort' is just a measuring how many times you answer a question or say something else in class. It doesn't say anything about how willing you are to say something or if you try it, but fail to. I have difficulty phrasing an answer right and a need a long time to do it, so I'm truley bad at this.

But the word obviously doesn't indicate that it's not about how much you try and that's why everyone told me it'll be hard to get a job when Teamwork and Effort say below average. I do hope that I'll get one anyway, I want to a... uhm, I'll call it a 'social year', I can't think of an English term, it's basically helping out in a social institution for a year. I hope to do something with kids that need help for whatever in a normal school.

Accounting: A
CISCO: A
Web Design: B
Algebra: A

GPA : 3.557