I did much worse in grad school (not Cs) than undergrad because I was just doing it to get an automatic raise from work. I did the minimum to not get a C. I'd say my return on investment was very high.

3/29/2009 11:42:14 PM

don't have time to read the whole thread.... but here's the deal for my program:

If you get 3 C's, you're kicked out and can't reapply to the program for a year. While technically you can graduate with 2 C's on your transcripts, it looks really bad. Also, you are not eligible for any kind of assistantship or College provided aid if you have any lower than a B average.

Anything lower than a C is automatic dismissal from the program.


When I took some graduate courses at State, the professors did things essentially the same way, and I never really thought about why until I got here. I think it's somewhat acceptable to curve so much, considering how much material is covered and the difficulty level of (most of) it. But it does bother me when a professor will not give a student a C or worse simply because they are a graduate student. Some people don't deserve to be in these programs, and the only way they will figure that out is if the professors force them to be accountable.

4/2/2009 12:43:19 PM

in my program, the first semester, it was more like a B was average, an A was good and a C was bad.

I got a C+ and a B- in classes my first semester and it nearly fucked me. Luckily I was able to pull a 3.0 that semester and keep my RA position. But just like undergrad, grade distro's vary by professor. The class I got a C+ in was basically the weed-out class for my grad dept. I'm glad I didn't quite get weeded out, because I'm about to finish my phd.

4/2/2009 2:20:34 PM