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SFU one of the hardest universities marking in North America??
hi all,
how is your semester so far?
a friend of mine sent me an article about the hardest universities marking in
North America. Suddenly, I found SFU as the only Canadian university reported
as one of the hardest universities to get high grade. It's really shocked me as
many of my friends study at UBC, keep telling me if you getting B+ at SFU, you
will not get more than c+,b-.
what do you think?
note: the discussion just for your opinion of the report, not a comparison btween SFU and UBC or
other schools.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-37243170/grade-inflation-colleges-with-the-easiest-and-hardest-grades/
Comments
thanks all for comments.
I'm planning to transfer to another university in BC. I studies at collage for
a year before SFU. I was an A student in high school and the collage but in
SFU!!! I know any university will be harder than school or college but still. a
professor asked for an assignment for two pages, I had 2 and half line in a
third page so really not that much, guess what !! I lost 1.5 just to add two
line and a half in a third page!!!
I really don't want to end up my BA's GPA with less than 3.0 so I will get out
of SFU...
SFU_guy where u plan to transfer? I want a university that accept most of my credits
I have the same issue with the TA, especially the ECON's TA, he ridiculous and useless. anyway, I sent my transcript to a university in BC. I'm willing to transfer, if the university accept all my credits.
SFU is a good place but there is something wrong with marking
I am minoring in Psychology so I also see what goes on in the Arts and Social Sciences and the problem with marking is slightly less evident there (except when TAs mark essays...that is just a joke). But exams/tests are mostly multiple choice and easy as hell, so a prof/TA just puts them through that grading machine. Whereas in the sciences, we don't have multiple choice (or rarely) and so grading is based on how much the a-hole TAs like your answer...or how they are feeling that day. And I agree with the person above - the math TAs are complete jerks on a power trip. They will deduct you big marks for the stupidest things. It's sad that they hate their lives, but hey, they are probably pissed off at the SFU Science Dep. too. SFU science faculty has so many flaws. I would suggest going elsewhere.
it's true the main issue is with the TAs not the professor. I took several classes without TA or the TA is the professor, all my grade where high or I got what I was expecting
but I had sooo many issues with TAs, one of the TA (POL101-TA during fall 2013, female ) she was the most ridiculous TA I have ever seen on my life. for some reason, she hated me from the first class, I don't know why. anyway, she was picking me for any difficult question for the discussion then she claimed I plagiarized on the essay drift "simply because she believed that not my work", I knew that will happened so I kept all my notes & drifts & sources to proof that my work then she gave me a B- on the essay, I went to the professor and he changed it to A-.
another thing, she gave me a poor participant mark while she gave a classmate who didn't participate at all a high mark !!!!
the same thing happened with another TA, I attended every tutorial & participate , I ended up with a poor mark compare with classmates who never show up.
anyway, I transferred to another university in BC, I will start on September.... goodbye ridiculous SFU & cheap TAs
good luck guys =)