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Grades vs Education
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RE: Grades vs Education
Quote: 2) If a grade was recorded incorrectly, that is a legitimate concern but often the mistake is nonexistent or is one where a grade was incorrectly entered but has no net effect on the course grade because the change was minimal.

It depends on the lecturer, the reason I do this is because I'm going for honours and need every mark I can get. Early on in a psych course (god I hate psych units) they made a very minor error in marking my essay (in APA format you don't have to repeat the year the second time you cite the same article within the same paragraph if they are within-text references, so I didn't do so, and got a cross for it). This marking error would not have affected every student, I doubt it would have affected anybody else really. Nevertheless, pointing out this error earnt me a much needed extra 4% (on an essay worth 50%, so a 2% bump to my final grade in that unit), and everybody else marked by that tutor got an extra 4% as well (I was quite popular that day). I've tried it again with other lecturers, and the response has ranged from a "yeah you're right, but it's not enough to have affected your mark" to "oh, here's an extra 1 or 2%". So yeah, I'm gunna be knocking on your door, essay in hand, blame the other lecturers and tutors who make it worth my while.

The reason I'm obsessed with my grades, as bunny was saying, is that I need to a) get into honours and b) achieve well enough in honours to get into the best uni for what I want to study for my masters and I want to get merit scholarships (I lack boobies and melanin, so no handouts for me ;P). As a high school dropout I wasn't eligible for the best uni's initially, I need to starting moving up.

I only bother attending those psych classes PURELY for the grade, I really can't stand psych.
Maybe uni's having requirements like that is an issue, making us do units we don't need or care for so that we are 'well rounded'.
Nemo me impune lacessit.
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Grades vs Education - by TheBeardedDude - December 16, 2013 at 12:24 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by MindForgedManacle - December 16, 2013 at 12:29 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by bennyboy - December 17, 2013 at 4:06 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by TheBeardedDude - December 16, 2013 at 12:33 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Minimalist - December 16, 2013 at 12:39 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by TaraJo - December 16, 2013 at 1:05 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by pocaracas - December 16, 2013 at 12:39 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by TheBeardedDude - December 16, 2013 at 12:46 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 16, 2013 at 12:51 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 16, 2013 at 12:48 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by pocaracas - December 16, 2013 at 12:49 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by TheBeardedDude - December 16, 2013 at 12:53 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 16, 2013 at 12:55 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by TheBeardedDude - December 16, 2013 at 12:58 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Kayenneh - December 16, 2013 at 1:00 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by TheBeardedDude - December 16, 2013 at 1:02 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by JohnCrichton72 - December 18, 2013 at 6:09 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by JohnCrichton72 - December 18, 2013 at 9:31 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by pineapplebunnybounce - December 17, 2013 at 4:48 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Jacob(smooth) - December 17, 2013 at 5:17 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Darth - December 17, 2013 at 5:25 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Jacob(smooth) - December 17, 2013 at 5:29 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by pineapplebunnybounce - December 17, 2013 at 6:46 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Darth - December 17, 2013 at 5:47 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by feeling - December 17, 2013 at 5:48 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 17, 2013 at 8:56 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Kayenneh - December 17, 2013 at 6:33 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Ben Davis - December 17, 2013 at 9:33 am
Re: RE: Grades vs Education - by NoraBrimstone - December 17, 2013 at 9:48 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Jacob(smooth) - December 17, 2013 at 10:30 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 4:54 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by pocaracas - December 18, 2013 at 5:42 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 6:22 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Kayenneh - December 18, 2013 at 7:15 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by pocaracas - December 18, 2013 at 7:20 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by feeling - December 18, 2013 at 8:06 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Jacob(smooth) - December 18, 2013 at 3:10 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 4:48 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Jacob(smooth) - December 20, 2013 at 3:26 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 18, 2013 at 9:50 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 10:08 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Clueless Morgan - December 18, 2013 at 2:08 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Violet - December 18, 2013 at 8:44 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Fidel_Castronaut - December 18, 2013 at 2:37 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Clueless Morgan - December 18, 2013 at 3:51 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Blake the Heretic - December 21, 2013 at 3:33 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Jacob(smooth) - December 21, 2013 at 4:12 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Blake the Heretic - December 21, 2013 at 4:28 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by Crulax - December 23, 2013 at 11:27 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by bennyboy - December 25, 2013 at 8:32 pm
RE: Grades vs Education - by Blake the Heretic - December 26, 2013 at 11:49 am
RE: Grades vs Education - by bennyboy - December 26, 2013 at 6:31 pm

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