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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the UMD professor: Do you give attendance points that will increase grades? (My friend’s son went to UMD and this was the case for him).  Sounds like high school, to me.

My son’s SLAC:
-no extra credit
-most exams were essay form vs scan-tron 
-no opting out of finals
-minimal grading on the curve
-no homework points
[/quote]

Ironically, top publics have far less extra-credit/opt-out exams/HW points than privates.

This is simply because the class sizes are so large that professors have no interest in grading extra-credit assignments, homework, keeping track of who's opted out of what exam, and keeping track of who is attending/participating in class.

Meanwhile privates tend to be much more coddling of their students due to small size and allowing plenty of extra credit/homework points/participation points/opting out of exams, etc.

Oftentimes public universities won't accept any late assignments at all for any reason, while professors at privates will be more willing (and instructed) to work with their students with flexible deadlines, often with no point deduction.

This is actually a positive of attending a top private vs. a top public. Much more leeway and less stress for students. [/quote]

I went to both public and private universities. I found the opposite to be true. The private school teachers would semi-joke “The deadline is a deadline. Hand it in by then or you get a zero unless you are dead and then the zero won’t matter.” The public university was full of more slacker students and sometimes it felt like the teachers were begging the students to hand work in. It felt like 5th grade. “Many of you haven’t handed in your paper due last week. This is your last (of three) reminders.” It made me cringe that the teachers were so desperate. The only extra credit came from public school.[/quote]

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