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‘Credit mills’ stack the odds against hard-working high-schoolers

Written on February 28, 2020. Posted in Editorials.

A student’s high school transcript should speak to their academic abilities, not their ability to buy their grades. Inflated marks from certain private schools dubbed ‘credit mills’ have made it increasingly difficult for universities to differentiate between prospective students who have and haven’t...

Point/Counterpoint: Is there value in openly discussing our grades?

Written on November 9, 2018. Posted in Lifestyle, Student Life.

YES Students being open about marks might seem like a recipe for disappointment and self-deprecation, but open dialogue can serve to help gauge your progress, alleviate doubt, and create a sense of solidarity. When I walk out of a midterm feeling dejected, there’s nothing like getting a text saying,...

U Waterloo’s grade deflation hurts student success

Written on September 25, 2018. Posted in Editorials.

A school that arbitrarily decreases grades harms its students’ long-term academic prospects. The University of Waterloo’s engineering program has recently taken action to attempt to mitigate school-specific grade inflation. The university decreases marks from high schools where students have historically...

The unclear rules of student-TA relationships

Written on September 7, 2018. Posted in Features, Investigations.

As students and teaching assistants (TAs) return to classes, some will bond over more than their lessons. As of Fall 2017, the University employed 1,850 TAs in a wide range of departments, class sizes, and duties. But intimate relationships between some students and TAs might often be overlooked. Most...

Ending Commerce rankings breeds a better environment

Written on October 6, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Public judgement doesn’t encourage healthy competition, but negative attitudes. The Commerce Society assembly discussed last week that the faculty’s ranking system — which was solely driven by grades and publicized to the student body — was coming to an end. Last year, ComSoc’s Academics Commissioner...

Disturbing discrepancies

Written on October 31, 2014. Posted in Opinions.

Adam Grotsky, ArtSci ‘15 Arts and Science students who major in political studies and classics will leave Queen’s with the same degree: a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours). Despite that, a 20 per cent difference exists between the number of A-pluses earned in the two departments. The...

PSE: Does it make a difference?

Written on July 30, 2012. Posted in In Focus.

The Personal Statement of Experience (PSE) is unique to Queen’s and is also vital to the application process, according to Stuart Pinchin, associate university registrar of undergraduate admissions. In a few exceptional cases, it’s possible that one student’s PSE will put them ahead of another student...

Tag: grades

‘Credit mills’ stack the odds against hard-working high-schoolers

Point/Counterpoint: Is there value in openly discussing our grades?

U Waterloo’s grade deflation hurts student success

The unclear rules of student-TA relationships

Ending Commerce rankings breeds a better environment

Disturbing discrepancies

PSE: Does it make a difference?

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