How is a 4.2 GPA possible in college?
How is a 4.2 GPA possible in college?
given Stanford is one of the leading computational analysis institutions in the world it seems like a pretty good and useful major to pursue. just because your pleb a*s doesn't understand what kind of problems she will be working on doesn't mean they aren't valuable.
myth buster bomb wrote:
I have no doubt that it includes some hard math and science courses, but wtf kind of major is "math & computational science". The name alone sounds very interdisciplinary/bullshtty. But hey it's Stanford and she'll probably get a high paid job on the school's name alone.
Also, grade inflation is rampant there.
. . . wrote:
given Stanford is one of the leading computational analysis institutions in the world it seems like a pretty good and useful major to pursue.
just because your pleb a*s doesn't understand what kind of problems she will be working on doesn't mean they aren't valuable.
myth buster bomb wrote:I have no doubt that it includes some hard math and science courses, but wtf kind of major is "math & computational science". The name alone sounds very interdisciplinary/bullshtty. But hey it's Stanford and she'll probably get a high paid job on the school's name alone.
Also, grade inflation is rampant there.
The Chinese ARWU survey claim that UCSF/Cal is better than Stanford is 100% B.S. Stanford is the best.
In other words, she is going to be a very rich woman in a few years.
I want to start by saying that it is impressive to be that consistently getting solid grades in all courses - inflation or not.
Just a data point to look at is the only other athlete in the same major has a 3.86 GPA... Maybe she has shared her notes with the younger Math & Computational Science student...
Yes, interesting to see that a number of the Stanford men have
Let's give her a lobotomy so she can't use her mind to get rich. We're all Democrats here, right?
This should have said: Interesting to see that a number of the guys on the Stanford team have less than a 3.0 GPA.
smart kid wrote:
This should have said: Interesting to see that a number of the guys on the Stanford team have less than a 3.0 GPA.
At a hard school they would have like a 1.5
smart kid wrote:
This should have said: Interesting to see that a number of the guys on the Stanford team have less than a 3.0 GPA.
Why is that interesting?
Bleu wrote:
How is a 4.2 GPA possible in college?
Some colleges--Cornell is one--have A-pluses. Evidently this young woman specializes in those.
This reminds me of a dormmate I had at Cornell, BITD--about 40 years back, before grade inflation--who was just going off to see a professor, to try to get the prof to change the guy's "A" grade to a "P." Reason: the "A" lowered the guy's cumulative GPA!
runnerdnerd wrote:
OP: surely you are aware of how extremely generous Stanford professors historically have been with their grading? Where I work HR has correction factors for each school's GPA. 3.96 at Stanford would be worth about a 3.3 at Cal or UCLA in an engineering/science field.
Still a solid GPA, but not something to get all worked up about. We aren't talking about a top NCAA runner who is also starting their PHD program 3 years into college or something unheard of like that.
Wrong. Either trolling or… just stupid
yyy wrote:
Social sciences are more challenging than so-called hard majors where the answer could be as simple as 2pi.
In the former, you need to think beyond the formulas into
uncharted territory.
Ha ha. Very funny. Everyone knows that the grading in a subjective discipline such as one of the social sciences is a complete joke and is much easier than is the grading in a more objective discipline such as engineering, math, or science.
On may be able to b.s. one's way to a good grade in a social science, but b.s.'ing will get you nowhere in a math class.
Double Dog wrote:
On may be able to b.s. one's way to a good grade in a social science, but b.s.'ing will get you nowhere in a math class.
That's not true at all. You can BS your way through both types of classes. BS can also be detected just as well in each class. Bad writing is bad writing. Bad math is bad math.
smart kid wrote:
Wow, smart kid. Very impressive and great to see kids excelling on the track and off.
http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=749954&SPID=127018&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208813760
there are 50 universities in the US and Canada where a record like this is a sign of a superior student and a hard worker. "smart" is another concept.
It is specious to suggest that doing it at Stanford as an undergrad is somehow intrinsically superior to doing it at U of TX. Both places will grind you up when it comes to hard science.
this is an impressive record, regardless.
These are tough majors, but it is no coincidence that the top GPAs are typically in the sciences, because you have definite and consistent standards of right and wrong answers, whereas in the social sciences, one prof might not like your work, whereas others do.
. . . wrote:
given Stanford is one of the leading computational analysis institutions in the world it seems like a pretty good and useful major to pursue.
just because your pleb a*s doesn't understand what kind of problems she will be working on doesn't mean they aren't valuable.
myth buster bomb wrote:I have no doubt that it includes some hard math and science courses, but wtf kind of major is "math & computational science". The name alone sounds very interdisciplinary/bullshtty. But hey it's Stanford and she'll probably get a high paid job on the school's name alone.
Also, grade inflation is rampant there.
How many schools worldwide even offer a "computational analysis" or "computational science" undergrad major. Stop blowing smoke up your ass. Stanford is famous for inventing these sorts of programs of study.
What? How about the science majors who take the social science classes for the easy A? If you want more time to study physical chem take it with sociology electives. How do you not get a 4.0 in sociology or psychology?
The top GPAs are in the hard sciences bc they attract the top students who do what it takes to get A's. The intelligent students in sociology and psychology are getting 4.0s as well. The don't leave room for subjective grading.
In some sense a joke major. Run by the humanities department. The true baller students are in majors in the "school of engineering"
college is for boring losers. think for yourselves, for the love of god!