Plus/Minus Grading Scale

<p>Most big schools in Texas seem to be moving towards the +/- system of grading, this is one one the reasons I like A&M. Is there any talk of making the change here(I really hope not).</p>

<p>I’d imagine if they were going to change it in the foreseeable future they would inform the students of the possible change or take a vote on it or something. </p>

<p>I hope they don’t either, with plus minus I could have like a 3.7 or however it works, I think I’d much rather stay with the 4.0 for as long as I can.</p>

<p>I don’t see them changing this anytime in the foreseeable future. If it was a campus vote, the system would definitely stay the way it is. Unless the university caves under pressure, things will stay the way they are. </p>

<p>However, I think there are merits to a +/- system. I don’t believe that somebody’s 90 deserves the same grade as a 96. It is my opinion that there is a big difference in understanding of the material between a low and high A. I’m sorry, it doesn’t matter if you got a terrible professor or had an unfortunate testing day. At the end of the day, I can come up with many reasons why any excuse is not a valid reason to disapprove of a +/- system. </p>

<p>This is actually contradictory to my first comments on this topic a while back. After a full year of college, this is where I stand on this issue.</p>

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<p>I’d be surprised if you kept that opinion throughout your entire undergrad, especially as an engineering major. There are merits to the +/- system, however there are downfalls. In an A&M Engineering upper-level class no one may actually attain a 96+, and that’s with any sort of curve.</p>

<p>^Not an engineering major :p</p>

<p>I would have a difficult time believing that the professors in your major would not change the grading scales accordingly. Essentially, somebody is going to make that A+, it may not be a 96 but somebody will have to fit in there somewhere. Same ideas as they have now, but they need to divide things up a bit more than they do. The biggest downfall in my opinion is how you handle a small class size.</p>

<p>Until they give extra points for an A+, the current system is just.</p>

<p>By “extra points” are you saying giving someone with an A+ beyond a 4.0?</p>

<p>The current system has it’s pros and cons. But an 80 should not count the same as an 89.</p>

<p>At Baylor they only have +'s with no -'s. Pretty much the perfect system I think.</p>