Melbourne Adjusted Grade Point Average

[Truck]

This sucks... I don't want uni to be like VCE where a subjects scaling actively influences your decision to do it -.-.

[Russ]

They've been trying to bring this in for years, I would be confident that it won't become the standard in the next 2 years (ie when you apply)

[stonecold]

They've been trying to bring this in for years, I would be confident that it won't become the standard in the next 2 years (ie when you apply)

Thanks...but have you seen my luck?  I always manage to time myself for the worst with these types of things.

But I'm not too worried because my lowest score for the year was 88, so I can't see anything scaling below a H1 so far at least.

Guess I just have to keep getting 90+ next year to be safe in case they do bring it in.

[slothpomba]

I can't really see many immediately obvious downsides to it (that said i don't go to UoM).

I think things like the GPA needed for grad med applications influence subject choice. Need we look further than people taking easy breadth or electives? It could potentially extend out to subjects within majors as well (it seems reasonable to assume it does happen). So, i think this might fix that somewhat.

Assuming their methodology is right and their "scaling" isn't totally out of whack i think it'll be a little fairer. I know at monash for instance chemistry is fairly hard but biology is fairly easy, granted you need chemistry anyway but pretend it was another really difficult subject, i don't think it's all that fair that the subject should drag down your GPA because it was way more difficult than the rest.

That said, i don't think it'll make it through. There are too many fairly serious flaws highlighed in it as above. For instance study abroad units/ the transparency and one of the most important i think, say you just barely pass, what if this causes you to fail? If they leave the system fluid and let passes turn into fails its not really fair but if they 'fix' the system at certain points to present certain results, its not really fair or fluid either,

[simpak]

PHYSICS FUNDAMENTALS WHAT IF YOU SCALE </3 I was so excited when I got a H1 >:

[mikee65]

Oh this is disconcerting...

[dc302]

I'd be very interested to see how maths subjects scale. I'll lol if they get scaled up by heaps.

[Gloamglozer]

I'd be very interested to see how maths subjects scale. I'll lol if they get scaled up by heaps.

I know some are scaled up, especially Real Analysis.    Apparently in 2010 semester 2, the exam was so hard that it had to be scaled up by 8.*

*I think it was 8, or 12...  But it was something as ridiculous as that.

[jinny1]

So if this is implemented in 2013, does it mean that our 2012 grades would be adjusted accordingly as well? :/