Grades Definition and 194 Threads

I'm a first-year grad student studying physics. I've always heard that grades in grad school don't matter too much; just maintain at least a 3.0 GPA, or whatever the minimum is to maintain funding, and everything's fine. Since "grades don't matter," I haven't put too much focus on...

I really would like to become a physicist, but the problem is I am really horrible at math. My grades are great though I have A, A, A,A, B, D and that D is in math. It makes me frustrated it is the only thing that is wrong in my life(no joke I would be fifty percent happier). I ask myself...

Hi everybody. I'd like to go to graduate school in math or applied math. My question is how my grades in a gem chem course my factor into this. For scheduling reasons I'm in an honors sequence and looking at B's throughout since I'm not a chem major (taking the course fulfills requirements for...

I am having trouble getting good grades in classes in general, not just Physics. I've taken Calculus Physics I and II, and have gotten Cs in both. I have some Liberal Arts requirements I need to take in order to graduate, and I also get Cs in those. I am currently at a Community College, so I...

Where to begin?? Well after a little bit of browsing these forums, I've come up with more answers than questions -Which is definitely not a bad thing: "I’d rather live with a good question than a bad answer," -Aryeh Fremer. So I guess this question should clear most of my anxiety, and give...

So I have a question for you guys - what do you do if your test grades don't seem to be affected by how much you've studied? Here's the short version of my problem: Study a bit = ~85 and 2 out of 3 times so far, the highest grade. Don't study at all and get one hour of sleep = 80 (the...

Hello everyone, I am a Junior at KU, and taking a Mechanics course in Physics. I'm a Math major going for a B.S. and taking this course for my applied math requirement. The book used is Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems 5th Ed. by Thornton. We just got our first exam...

Alright, so a few years back I was one of those "Am I too old...?" people. Well, I've stuck with school part-time at the local CC and this upcoming fall I will finally be in a position where I can attend school full-time, so I am in the process of sending out applications to some 4-year...

To those of you who did drink in college would you say that drinking affected your grades negatively. I'm asking because I know some people who drink but not often and they still get good grades. I also know some people who waste all of there time drinking and need to cheat to get good grades...

Hi, I'm in a dilemma between my grades and research and I would greatly appreciate any advice. I'm currently 2nd year and taking a full year Cal 3 course (on Manifolds) and I have been doing quite poorly so far. I expect that I might get a B if not a C for the course, which will bring down my...

Hi all, Could anyone recommend any Canadian university offering a master's in physics that is likely to accept students with subpar grades in their upper year courses but who do have some research experience? I guess the top tier schools like University of Toronto or McGill are probably out...

Hello, I understand marks are important because, when the time comes to chose between applicants, GPAs are a quick tool to narrow the list. Additionally, to any credible scientist, simply claiming ability isn't enough - you need to provide some evidence. Indeed, unfortunately for me, my...

Hello, I'm making this post because I'm concerned about my chances of being accepted to graduate school. I just finished my B.S. in Physics this semester and I was planning on applying to some Electrical Engineering programs. Before this semester my GPA was 3.4, but now it currently sits at...

Hi all! I am currently a sophomore transferring from a small unknown university to a large state school. I hope to go to graduate school for mathematics one day. I've been getting decent grades. I have gotten an A in everything but today I was forced into a life and death situation kinda...

I passionately want to be a physicist. But I struggle in math. I'm currently getting a c in adv alg 2 with trig. Is a c a bad grade? If so any study tips for math?

Hello, I am new to this forum, I appreciate any help and guidance anyone can give me. I am currently working towards a BS in Physics, with minors in Mathematics and Astrophysics. My goal after my BS is grad school for a PhD in Astrophysics, and am interested in a career in research. The...

I am hoping someone can help me out with this question I have. I returned to school for another year to boost up my gpa in an attempt to get into graduate school. I have regained the competitive drive to fight for every percent and will have very good grades to show for from this year...

Hi, I don't want to bore you with the story of my life but basically I am 18, I have no grades. The reason for that is because I had cancer at 16. I was offered to go back to school but I naively turned it down. Now I am a milkman. I started 3 months ago. I have become increasingly anxious...

Ok so I was wondering, I have been a lazy **** lately and gotten **** grades, I got 1/10 in Phonetics, witch is a pointless subject, I also suck in french, english and danish. I am getting bad grades around 3-5/10. But I can get good grades in physics and mathematics. I am good at those things...

Hi everyone. This is my first post so if this is the wrong section, I'm sorry. Skip to bottom for the basic questions; stay and read for lots of background info. Ok so I am a junior in high school. I have always found school easy, but I was verrry lazy and I hated my teachers my 9th and 10th...

Gah. I study in the UK. We have a grade system here: 40% = pass 50% = 2:2 60% = 2:1 70% = 1st I have average mark of 78% and am the top of my year by a few per cent. I apply to Australian university for PhD, where their grade system is: 50% = pass 65% = credit 75% = dist...

I'd like some advice. I go to university of illinois. My phys/math gpa is ~2.6. An in-depth explanation for my poor grades is out of place here, and they are reasons that I certainly cannot put in an application (various personal issues, mostly confidence problems and test anxiety, etc). I've...

Ok folks, newbie here, with ideas of granduer. I need to find out if the magnetic resonances of 304 stainless and 316 stainless. I know that the differnet compositions of metal alloys will have diferent magnetic properties. ie, the amount of iron ferrite in stainless should have a corresponding...

Hi there, I am currently finishing my second year of a 3-year bachelors in Engineering physics at the Technical University of Denmark. My plans are to get a masters degree in theoretical physics from the University of Copenhagen, and them I am thinking of going abroad for a Ph.D. Until...

Well...I am an engineering major who decided to take more math classes last spring term to prepare myself for the possibility of engineering grad school. Just got back my spring term grades and it was an absolute shock. I used to average near an A- but my grade point average dove by 0.19...

First I would like to say that my belief toward school is way more than just grades, I have a consuming passion towards learning and knowledge in general across many various fields. With that said, I am personally a perfectionist, I like to get everything perfect. So likewise I always shoot for...

Is there anything one can do to raise his letter grade by half a letter if he missed it by like .3%?

If you want to! I had to make this topic, because I have been waiting for grades for the last week, checking incessantly each and every day. I finally found out that I received an A in Chemistry I and a B in Calculus II. I wanted an A in Calculus II, but after a slow start to the semester...

Hi guys, This semester I was a total failure for a lot of reasons. To make a long story short I'm getting: an F in a computer science class, a C in Chinese, and a D and C in my math classes (2nd semester Abstract Algebra and 2nd semester Real Analysis, respectively.) Luckily I'm getting one...

I think I'm in a pretty rough situation. I struggle with depression off and on, and it's put me in a really bad place academically over the past two years. First, I'd like to say that I've been doing much better lately. I had straight As last quarter and will probably get As this quarter...

Which is more important in the long run? In particular, for academic jobs? I'm a sophomore physics student in Spain (set on emigrating upon graduation for gradschool/whatever is necessary for the career path I want, as prospects look grim in and out of academia in my country). I've gone through...

Homework Statement The grades distribution in class is 10, 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, 6, 6, 4 What's the standard deviation? The Attempt at a Solution I found the average is 7 (which is true) and used the formula for standard deviation. I checked it twice on the calculator but I'm still...

I do mobile mechanical work on customers cars. If the car needs under car work, I always ask "Is the car on a slopped grade?". It is very unsafe to jack up a car on a sloped grade and rest it on jack stands with the possibility of the jack stands tipping over if the grade is to slopped. I was...

I enjoy solving practice problems for any subject, especially maths and physics. It's challenging for me and I like a challenge, I could solve practice problems for the rest of the day without a problem, morning until night, which some may think is weird. Anyway, I hate reading textbooks in...

I have 3.43 GPA at the community college, because in the beginning I didn't care about my GPA and got a C in Biology and an F in Chem I and a couple of B's, but I retook Chem I and got all A's since then. Will my low GPA affect my chances to get to medical school? I am planning to get all A's...

Hello guys, I have a few Q's So I'm a sophomore in high school and I'm seriously thinking about my future, just like I have been for the past 4 years. I really want to get into a good college to study math or physics. My problem is that I got a 'C+' in my Honors US History class. I hate to...

I'm an undergraduate civil engineering student in my first year and I've passed all courses in my first semester with average grades except one kind of introduction course. Now I have 2 math courses and 2 physics courses this term. What I'm thinking is that having average or barely passing...

Well to give some background info, I'm 25 and currently doing my first undergraduate year in physics. I'm unemployed at the moment, but was working until december and expect to get a new job soon, and that plus me having to relearn lots of high school stuff has led me to expect that...

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Usually my professors emphasize to students that they should be concerned more about understanding the material, and then good grades will follow. But for some reason that doesn't seem to be happening to me, and I'm concerned because grad schools will only see the letter grade. For instance, I...

"Normal" Grad School Grades I'm just finished my first semester of graduate school and I had a question about grades. I did ok this semester, not as good as I'd like but above 3.0. However, I'm a little confused about grades in grad school. As a an undergraduate I had around 3.8, but didn't...

I am currently a Junior in High School with a 3.94 GPA (unweighted). I am currently taking AP Physics B, AP Chem, AP Language, AP Calc AB, APUSH, Wind Ensemble. I would also like to note that I hail from the 6th least brainiest city in the world as reported by the Huffington Post. Because of our...

I'm currently a junior in high school. I started taking physics this year and it is my favorite out of any class I've ever taken in my life. I really like it; my favorite classes before taking physics were just the ones that I hated the least. Right now my GPA is really bad (like 2.8-2.9), but...

Hello, I just got re-registered at my school. I attended extremely briefly, probably only a month, back in 2005, before joining the military. I am now back in the system, and when I clicked on my 'GPA' section, just out of curiosity, to my horror three classes are listed as 'L' grades (I don't...

Homework Statement We have multiple sections of a class for which we need to produce grading summaries by section. The grading summaries that we need are a count of how many students earned A’s, B’s, C's, etc., and the lowest, highest and average grade for each section. At the end of...

This might sound like a silly/strange question, and I imagine it varies across all institutions/universities, but can your professors of your current subjects look into your academic record and see what grades you got for past courses? Does anyone know whether this is possible at their...

Earlier this year i applied for university (I'm Scottish by the way and applied for a Scottish university). Really the only course i want to study is physics, and strathclyde university is the easiest option for me. I applied for MPhys in Physics and got told i needed a BB in maths and...

I know what you are thinking, here's another person who's too lazy to do the research himself about grades and grad school, but I honestly have tried to find information. I am doing a joint honors in physics and mathematics with a minor in Computer Science with hopes of pursuing a doctorate in...

Homework Statement I'm suppose to write up a program where I need to take a file that contains a list of numbers. Example: 30 40 40 80 and so on, these number represent letter grades. 90~100 = „A‟, 80~89 = „B‟, 70~79 = „C‟, 60~69 = „D‟, all other scores = „F‟. So what I'm suppose to do for...

Hello all Next year I will be attending college for engineering (top 10 nationally). At the orientation they said that the average GPA of the freshman class at the end of the first year is a 2.9 (this is quite alarming to someone who is used to getting A's). When I asked the peer advisors how...