GPA Fixation

[Jolly]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/oregon-university-drops-failing-grades-students-gpa-fixation?intcmp=tw_fnc

[George K]

"Where all the students are above average..."

Whatever happened to the "Gentleman's 'C'"?

GPA has become meaningless as a measure of performance.

[Axtremus]

Enrollment probably has been down and the school needs more students to remain viable. :man-shrugging:

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in GPA Fixation:

"Where all the students are above average..."

Whatever happened to the "Gentleman's 'C'"?

GPA has become meaningless as a measure of performance.

You take that back, right now!

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/28529/parental-brag-dean-s-list-edition

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in GPA Fixation:

You take that back, right now!

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/28529/parental-brag-dean-s-list-edition

[taiwan_girl]

Maybe it was here or somewhere else, but related is that some colleges that had previously stopped to require tests like ACT, SAT, etc. are now thinking of adding them back, realizing that GPA is not a good predictor of how well a student will do in college.

[George K]

@taiwan_girl said in GPA Fixation:

realizing that GPA is not a good predictor of how well a student will do in college

When everyone has a GPA of near 4.0, how do you choose?

[jon-nyc]

By preferred phenotype. That’s sort of the point.