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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ha! That's nothing. I got a 93 B. The graded down on the curve after the fact. Spoke to the dean nothing I could do. Academia is so corrupt. [/quote]

Sophomore year of college, I failed a class with an 88.5% thanks to the curve. The passing cutoff was set at 89. Had to retake it the next year. I got a 95 - the passing grade that year was 73.  I hate curves. You know the material or don’t, it shouldn’t matter what anyone else knows.

I truly don’t understand what OP or the kid hope to achieve by posting on TikTok. [/quote]

That's crazy! My objection was that at no time was that the stated grading scale nor was I given feedback that would indicate I should improve. They really didn't care. All they cared about was how they looked "hard" on paper to the university. [/quote]

PP here.  Yeah, the lack of feedback was the real problem. I was tracking my grades all along and figured a high-80s score would probably be a B, maybe a C if the curve was really bad.  At no point did I get any indication that I was in danger of failing. I was floored when the grades came out. I actually did go in to the prof to try and appeal, but he did not care one bit. Just told me to work harder next year. [/quote]

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