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Originally Posted by wooohooo
Yeah, every first year student thinks that A's are easily attainable. Maybe in some faculties but definitely not science. There's only a certain percent who can get A's, A-'s etc... so even if you did get a 85% that might only be good enough for a B (true story). Out of a huge class of a few hundred, only a handful will actually get the A. I sure got my ass kicked getting my first semester grades back. I guess there's a reason why after you do your 4 years they generally disregard your worst year (usually first).
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It really is unfair for science students.
In my Bio classes the average was B-. In my arts electives it was b+. Getting a B+ in science meant you had to be in the top part of a very competitive class. A b+ in arts just meant showing up and handing in all the assignments. It blew my mind that people in arts classes would just not hand in assignments worth 5-20% of their mark and still be allowed to remain in school.
I have no problem with how tough science was, but they should make arts equally as tough. Especially if schools like Law, which both science and arts students apply, are going to blindly look at marks.
And for anyone doing AP classes, DO NOT TAKE THE ADVANCED CREDIT. I skipped first year chem, taht I would have got an A in and took second year chem in my first year. I was behind in that course and did really badly as a result. Plus first year is not the time to focus on advanced courses. It is the time to get your drinking tolerance up.