End-of-Semester Grades Thread

Linear algebra A-
Programming A-
Calculus 1 B
Elective A+
just

>Chem 2
A, haven't taken final yet
>Biology
A
>Calc II
B, just took final and sweating bullets
>Anthropology
A

Hey Tech bro.

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outstanding my man

>Algebraic geometry I: 20/20
>Algebraic number theory: 16/20
>Logic: 16/20
>Riemannian geometry: 18/20
>Riemann surfaces: 12/20

what grading system is this?

I think it's french

hon hon

yup

omelette du fromage

Hist of modern philosophy 18/22
Metaphysics 20/22
Phil of language 19/22

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Argumentative Writing: W
US History Reconstruction - Present: W
General Biology 2: W

Linear Algebra before finishing Calc I? How?

Biochemistry and Dramatic Art double major

Metabolic Chemistry and Pathways- C+
Quantum Chemistry- C+
Synthetic Chemistry lab- C+
Polymer Chemistry- B
Dramatic Theory and Criticism- A

Ain't even mad about the C+s because the average grade for those classes were a C and I don't even have time to dedicate to classes like normal chem majors because I do so much theatre. I also don't even want to pursue STEM anymore, I'm just trying to finish up my major because I'm so close to finishing.

Programming and Analysis

Scripting Languages: B (Mongo authorization in a web browser is a bitch)
C++ Programming: A
IT Management: A
New Student Experience: A (I changed major due to GI Bill requirements, but they refused to grandfather me in.)

Brainlet

Comp Sci
Artificial Intelligence A+
Computer Vision and Image Processing A+
Web Programming A+
Pre-Thesis A+

>Civil Engineering
>le bob the builder masterrace

>2016
>not being in the industry already

> itt: 4.0 plebs

What are you planning to do instead, user?

gender studies? to the kitchen?

Calc II - A
English II - A
Programming II - A
Digital Design - A
Physics I & Lab - A
Some BS Engineering class - A

My uni doesn't offer A+'s, so if I slip and get an A-, I'll be fucked out of a 4.0 . I hope I can keep it up. Nothing is too difficult yet (just finished 1st year), but I feel like it could escalate very quickly.

Grades are also out of 20 in Iran

The superiority complex some of you have over your undergraduate major is ridiculous.

Congrats on a perfect first year! Don't worry too much on maintaining a perfect grade through your uni tenure. Anything above *arbitrary cutoff of your choice* is perfectly reasonable and nothing to scoff at.

A bigger focus should be, if you plan to go into graduate studies, that at one point during your 2nd-3rd-4th year to get your hands dirty with some research experience. To really show that you can "apply" the knowledge your taught and that you're not a hopeless autist with photographic memory

wat
Also, straight A's but it's not impressive if you're a Freshman. My classes:

Music Theory II
Applied Lessons (Violin)
Orchestra
Small Ensemble
Honors Physics (E+M) + Lab
Complex Analysis
The Symphony Orchestra in Modern Culture

Bonus points if you can guess what my major(s) are.

My uni does the garbage 4.3 system where an A+ corresponds to a 4.3 on the GPA scale. Also, if you're talking about me when saying
> straight A's but it's not impressive if you're a Freshman.

I'm not a freshman, or did you mean to quote

>this thread
>tfw undergrad maths here barely touches Analysis
The "highest level" course I took there was Complex Analysis from the graduate curriculum. We at least saw the Riemann Functional Equation and that's it. I feel like a pleb.
This is my final semester and I'm taking general studies, I'm not doing so well because I'm autism.

>implying my school isn't in the top 3 in the nation

my study regimen is divided into roughly equal amounts of steam, netflix, and porn

It's ok. I'm the guyand this is actually my second undergrad. My first in something somewhat unrelated and got a 3.6/4 (different uni). I am in constant misery because I live in a perpetual state of feeling left behind by my graduated peers doing PhDs/workforce while I am stuck w/ 20 year olds doing undergraduate work

the point is
everyone always hates themselves, regardless of the situation

Woah, gatech here too

>tfw CS brainlet

>mfw I'm and a senior who hasn't taken CS 1371 yet

what am I in for lad

Electromagnetics - A
Circuit Theory II - A
Embedded Systems I - A
Programming Paradigms - A

Intro to Computing - A
Ethnomusicology - A-
Linear Algebra - A
Abstract Mathematics - A+
Opera Workshop - A
Elementary Italian - A-

If you can make straight A's in engineering classes, then any of the earlier CS courses will be a piece of cake

1371 is an intro to matlab course. Haven't had to take it myself, and I don't know anything about the professors who teach it.

19 credits, expecting all A or A-, but we'll see.

Sorry, the second part was just in general. I didn't think you were a freshman. The "wat" was the response to your post. That's weird mate.

that says maybe but I am completely, despondently computer illiterate, and in terms of computer programming knowledge I am as maladroit with the languages as a toddler is to spoken word.

I think 4.3 gpa scales are relatively common here in Canada for "lower tier" schools to make their students seem smarter. They excuse it by selling some awful story about how the bigger better schools have "gpa inflation" and they counter this by adding a gpa tier.

If you want to see some CS brainlets, try TAing some of the intro classes.

German II B
Pchem II B
Instrumental Lecture A
Instrumental Lab A
Gen Ed. C+
Senior Research A

intro classes aren't fair because here you encounter literal brainlets, independent of the CS

If you have the time this summer, I would recommend you download matlab from somewhere, and grab a good matlab book PDF, and just get started with learning how matlab works

Even a little bit of knowledge of how to program will put you FAR ahead of rest of the class at the beginning of the semester, and make the first couple quizzes/tests a lot easier for you.

I have a hard time getting my self to try for classes that I don't care for. That being said:

Macro Economics-C
Spanish 1-D+ (and I'm a beaner)
Differential Equations-B+
Calculus 3-A
Intro to Econ.- (dropped, too much work for a 1000 level class that I didn't really need.)

Idk how you niggers can get A's in all your classes. I honestly can't ever imagine myself getting grades like that.

General Biology I- A
Sociology- A
American History II- A

That's it. Don't laugh, I have relevant reasons for the amount of courses and the courses themselves.

>Don't laugh

you're just setting yourself up for failure. anyway, a lighter course load is fine if you stack up external circumstances side-by-side. this semester i only took 2

German I A-
Intro to Earth Science A
Intro to Mathematical Logic A
Real Analysis A+
Fourier Analysis A+

Easy semester for me, but I'm still happy to have the A+ grades since the profs know me well and can write good letters of recommendation.

The thing is, since I'm in high school, these are the only courses I'm allowed to take at the community college near my school.
>I'm a senior, therefore 18

hey that's fine. good on you for pursuing higher education as earlier as you are

that said
>pleb tier humanities courses

I'm just trying to get that garbage out of the way, so I don't have to waste money on it later. The school is paying for them anyway.

4.0 at a community college where you have to be an idiot to not get a 4.0. Will be transferring to a university for electrical engineering next year.

That university? Portland State.

11% STEM, 40% graduation rate. Transsexual humanities majors with Betty Paige bangs as far as the eye can see. All of them blaming their shitty grades on the patriarchy.

FML.

You don't need calc for lin alg desu
Calc and Lin Alg barely have any prerequisites

Unfortunately, my school is rather recently established. There are very few research opportunities.

I'm also CompEng, which doesn't exactly strike me as a research field until 3rd or 4th year. I got an internship over the summer doing data analytics for a neat company though. This would be my 2nd internship + some IT volunteer experience in HS, so I'm pretty well off.

I'm close to research I guess. I'm unofficially working with some of the "labs" in our uni that do hardware and cybersecurity stuff, so that'll probably turn into something within the next few years.

> Unfortunately, my school is rather recently established. There are very few research opportunities.

Then make your own opportunities.

Step 1: Make yourself stand out in class to profs that you like/respect. That is, PARTICIPATE in class, as meaningful question (i.e. "How does this relate to [thing you had previously learned]", "What if we considered X with relation to [current topic]" etc...). A prof would generally prefer a student who got an A- w/ a participating student than an A+ autist who sits in the corner silently.

Step 2: With these profs, ask what kind of research they do (you should have already done some googling to figure it out for yourself, but ask them anyway). If their interests overlap with yours, ask how you can participate/get your feet wet in the field. Presumably they'll either have some direct opportunity for you to help them, or at least give you some useful advice.

Step 3: Since you're in CompEng (is this hardware eng or software eng?) try to start your own independent projects (assuming that this is a field that you find innately interesting and are willing to occupy your free time w/ independent projects). If this is more software related then build up a fat github page to show as a portfolio to future employers/graduate schools.

Not him, but when graduate school applications are reviewed, what stands out more, teaching assistant/tutor experience, or research experience with a professor?

If I have the chance, as an undergrad, to either be a teaching assistant or a research assistant, which one should I pick to get an edge on graduate school applications?

Seeing as the point of graduate school is to do original research, not grade exams, I'd say it's pretty apparent which would look better.

Research assistant is definitely what you want to do.

>tfw perfectly understand Math just bad at taking tests

The short shitty answer: It depends on the school.
The short cringey answer: Applications are looked at holistically, with all components carrying an unpredictable amount of weight.

I'm apprehensive about saying something as strong as
> Below a 3.X your dreams of going to graduate school are over, no matter how amazing everything else is

However, people like to ask things like "If my research is fucking stellar, but I have shit grades, can I get into grad school?". The answer is yes, but keep in mind that the question was constructed to have a "yes" answer. It's highly unlikely that a student w/ shitty grades will be stellar undergraduate research, even if that particular student feels their research is exceptional. On the flipside, if the research is in fact comparatively stellar, then the grades are likely to reflect that ability in the student, despite the student having self-worth issues.

>Research assistant is definitely what you want to do.

You have to be careful though. Being a research assistant is much like being a student in a classroom. That is, you get what you put into it. If you passively do your research routines/chores and clock in/out each day then it won't mean much. If you actively engage your prof w/ the research in question, show some level of deeper understanding, try to form your own connections, etc., it'll be much more rewarding.

I've seen tons of research assistants go nowhere since they essentially thought "Hey I made it as an RA, I'll slap that onto my CV and I'll get a free ride to graduate school"

>I'm a prodigal pianist except for when I perform in front of audiences

I see, thanks for the explanations

Thing is, I'm already a teaching assistant for a class. I was thinking the same thing that you guys said a while back, and that I should have gone for a research assistant position instead, but for some reason, I still went ahead with the teaching assistant position when I was choosing.

How bad would it be to switch out now? I feel that dropping my current TA position and trying to become an RA would not reflect well on me in a grad school application.

Guess I'm in a bit of a pickle lads.

I could try to land an RA position and do both at the same time, but then I'd have to take fewer classes per semester and set my graduation back.

On the face of it, if I saw just a CV with TA switched to RA, I wouldn't think anything bad of it. That said, it depends a bit on your own context: How the relationship w/ your prof be affected, thereby affecting other academic opportunities (and a potential letter of recommendation)

>Double major: CompSci and Math
>Statistics for Researchers: B+
>Discrete Mathematics/Set Theory: A
>Algorithms/Complexity Analysis: B
>History of Mathematics: B+
>Computer Ethics: A-

Rough end to my second year. I let a lot of stupid shit interfere with my studies, but it's better than I thought.

Straight C's
Don't do homework
Don't study for tests
Math/Psy Double Major

Don't really care

> Don't really care
> le act disaffected maymay so that that the inevitable sting my failure hurts me less

>Abstract Vector spaces: B
>Automata and Complexity Theory: A
>Machine Learning: A
>Senior Design: A
>Technical Writing: A

You got me, I'm severely depressed and have avoided talking to my mother the last 3 years because I don't get A's.

I honestly don't care.
Had a semester internship so that's some experience.
Math major, or minor if I don't complete it, will help me outshine the millions of psy majors. Or not. It'll work out

Aerospace Engineering major/Math minor
-Thermodynamics: B
-Comp. Sci 1: A
-Orbital Mechanics: A
-Linear Algebra: D

don't skip a class and not study just because it's 'easy.' Although tbf all I needed was a D to get the credit.

>Programming II
Is that what you are calling it or is your course that generic?

Didn't go to 70% of my lectures.
Software Tools: B
Computer Organization: A-
Data Structures and Analysis: B+
Linear Algebra: A
Discrete Math: A-
Discrete Math hurts the most. Didn't lose a mark until the end, where I killed my exam because I had four in a row. Software Tools is my lowest mark but by mid semester I thought I was legit going to fail the course so I'm kind of satisfied with it.

Long story short: Go to lectures, they're good for you

*Linear Algebra II that is. Actually that was the exam I thought I did poorest on, heh.

So does mine, but you still can't go over 4.0 here.

tfw i failed two courses and got a D on another.
i fucking hate myself.
next semester will be better.

lol, what kind of shit university do you go to where you can miss 70% of your lectures and still get A's and B's everywhere?

these posters need to post their average too

it's means more to post it than just their marks alone

average of the course i meant

why? it just shows how stupid everyone else in the class is

We're glad to have you...

because grade inflation is a thing

Well lets say someone gets an A and 90% of the class doesn't, so there isn't any grade inflation since that's how the curve is supposed to be defined.

However if you beat 90% of a class filled with retards, it isn't really impressive even though your grade isn't inflated.

ok?

it was more for if you and everybody else gets above 80% then getting that high doesn't really mean anything

Modules and Representation Theory
Graph Theory
Computer Systems and Organization (C and systems course)
Queer History in America

still three weeks left, legit have no idea what my grades are going to end up being. Have a slightly higher than 4.0 so far.

What if it's just because you go to a university filled with very smart people?

The exact same test could generate an average of 10% at a shitty university.

Having high averages wouldn't detract from the difficulty of the test. In that case I think the A is still well deserved, even though it is "inflated" in the sense that many people in the class got it.

>White male
>Trust fund baby
>Went to college for STEM because parents want me to do better
>Got "Fs" in all my subjects
>Did not give any fucks
>I basically wipe my ass with money
>I can buy any STEM diploma that I want
>I'm living the the good life because I'll never be poor even if I spend 2000$ a minute

Flunked every class I had this semester.
Now have a 2.0 GPA. Gonna take easy elective classes that don't count to my major next semester, but will save my GPA.
Who needs to graduate in 4 years any way?

Not everyone can get that information.