<p>Do you think your professors from 100 and 200 level (and even some 300 level) courses grade harder than your high school AP and IB teachers?</p>
<p>It's been my experience that they often grade easier. What's your experience?</p>
<p>My experience is that it depends on the professors and the teachers being compared.</p>
<p>Mehh, considering at my school the TAs do a lot of the grading.....</p>
<p>Nah, they still grade harder than in high school. Especially on papers....and they make harder tests too I think. (Spoken by someone with 6 APs)</p>
<p>totally depends.</p>
<p>i mean how many professors are there in the world? you and i cannot possibly speak on behalf of all of them.</p>
<p>It's easier for me. I was an A student for the most part at an IB school, and one of the finest writers in my school. So far, I've been able to completely knock out any assignment with ease.</p>
<p>But I think the students who are in IB classes, but getting C's and low B's may have a tougher time in college. That is because, at least at my school, you had to do very well for the A, but for the B's and C's, not so much. If you put forth an honest effort, you were probably getting a B. So these people, who didn't take the time to learn and refine their skills, may have it harder than in high school.</p>
<p>The IB program is just so great though. It's made college so easy. I go to a state flagship, and I always sit back and have to tell my self, "Don't stress. These classes are designed for kids who were in the regular high school courses, I have nothing to worry about."</p>
<p>Depends on the Professor. Four out of five of my professors graded harder, but one graded much easier than high school.</p>
<p>Varies... just like with teachers in HS, profs and TAs are going to vary on how they grade but it should be generally harder because you're competing against a more select group of students.</p>
<p>It has nothing to do with the college, it has everything to do with the professor. Some professors grade easier or make tests easier and some make them harder. Simple as that.</p>
<p>little duck,
yes that's true...but still doesnt mean some universities don't grade harder overall than others of course.</p>
<p>to the OP,
Yeah it's definitely harder where I go to school (in comparison to high school). Did really well in high school, took 4 aps and a bunch of honors. 1 of my classes (italian) is a bit harder than high school language classes. my other ones are much harder though than anything i took in high school.</p>
<p>Well, my high school senior AP english teacher was brutal. He was probably the hardest teacher I ever had in high school. In college, my english prof was (I found out later on) the hardest english prof at my school. Others were ridiculously easy, so my high school AP teacher would've seemed awful compared to them. It really depends on the professor, though. I've found most professors to grade harder and have less leniency than high school teachers ever did.</p>
<p>I think my professors grade relatively easier compared to my high school teachers. I just finished my first semester at an Ivy League and I have to admit I didn't put a lot of effort and knew that I could've done more for some classes. But at the end, I managed to ace most of them. But then I also went to a very competitive prep school prior to college so my high school teachers were all difficult.</p>
<p>proffesors grade harder but they fail less people...they will prolly give u a C or D at least at my school for most majors...for science/math classes, the professors are ridiculously tough. They are not afraid to fail anyone and everyone.</p>
<p>TA's often grade tougher than professors.</p>
<p>I guess it depends. But, for me, the reason why they "seem" to grade harder is becuase:</p>
<p>A) High school, even AP teachers tend to always remind you about what's on the test and often, their tests are based on relevant assignments. On the other hand, some university professors do not give out any "sample" midterms or finals, and also do not give any assignments. Therefore, they "seem" to mark harder because you do not know how or what they'll mark. Hence, there's usually a discrepancy between what you think is right and what they expect. </p>
<p>B) They are more concerned about keeping the class average close to 60-70%. Therefore, they tend to mark "harder" if the test content is easier than their expectations.</p>
<p>In general yes, execpt for my soc class. The level of writing is higher, the tests aren't that much harder but profs what specific answers.</p>
<p>Not really... A lot of TA's do the grading... Smaller classes are tougher though</p>
<p>Core classes are hit or miss, usually the professors teaching have better things to do than grade your stuff too hardly. For classes in your major after the weed-out ones, you bet they grade you hard.</p>
<p>In my opinion they grade about the same. I had around 8-10 AP's (all my classes were APs in my senior year) and my GPA's about the same too</p>
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For classes in your major after the weed-out ones, you bet they grade you hard.
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That has not been my experience. At my college professors try to maintain a high average in classes that are mostly taken by majors, partly because most people in those classes are very interested in the subject and work very hard, and partly because our professors want us to be successful. An A-B average makes it a lot easier to find a job or get into graduate school than a C-D average.</p>
<p>I agree that it's true, but if you don't know the material, you don't know it. It's not like a GenED class where the professor knows you're never going to remember what's taught.</p>
<p>In terms of papers, I think it's about similar.
However, I never had a math teacher in high school who graded every single homework problem for every single homework! That was a wake up call.</p>