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louise_2012

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What matters more in the long run, letter grade or percentage?
« on: August 08, 2011, 06:21:27 pm »
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I am a little confused about how a study score is calculated, is it the percentage behind your marks or the letter grades that matter more?
Say someone received their midyear exam result back and recieved an A+, is it the fact that its an A+ that matters, or is it the percentage behind that A+, that is used to calculate a study score/matters more?
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Re: What matters more in the long run, letter grade or percentage?
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2011, 06:24:06 pm »
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It's the percentage behind it that matters. Like last year me and two other friends got A+ for sacs and both exams for further. Two of us got 44 or 45 and the other got 41. Really its the percentage behind it relative to everyone else in that year that determines it.
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Re: What matters more in the long run, letter grade or percentage?
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2011, 06:24:29 pm »
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Percentage. The letter grades just give you an indication of where your percentage lies.
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Re: What matters more in the long run, letter grade or percentage?
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2011, 06:24:50 pm »
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It is the percentage/mark behind the A+ :) E.g. if someone missed out on an A+ by one mark and got an A then there is very little difference in what they would receive in the end.

Hope that helps :)
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Re: What matters more in the long run, letter grade or percentage?
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2011, 06:28:13 pm »
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That makes a lot of sense now, thankyou everyone :)
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