grades

A town-hall meeting was held Tuesday night by ASUS to gauge student opinion on the 2012-13 Arts and Science grades report.
  • 8 years 4 months ago

Disturbing discrepancies

Arts and Science students who major in political studies and classics will leave Queen’s with the same degree: a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts (Honours).Continue...
  • 5 days 22 hours ago

Testing doesn’t work for everyone

Whether you love school or hate it, everyone can relate to pre-exam anxiety.Continue...
  • 8 months 22 hours ago

SGPS works to get representation for Indigenous graduate students

The Queen’s Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) is committed to finding an Indigenous Student Liaison before the start of the fall semester.Continue...
  • 8 months 22 hours ago

Queen’s sees $2.6 million uptick in entrance scholarships

Queen’s has surpassed its budget for spending on merit-based scholarships for the second year in a row.Continue...
  • 3 years 3 weeks ago

‘Credit mills’ stack the odds against hard-working high-schoolers

A student’s high school transcript should speak to their academic abilities, not their ability to buy their grades.Continue...
  • 4 years 4 months ago

Point/Counterpoint: Is there value in openly discussing our grades?

Students being open about marks might seem like a recipe for disappointment and self-deprecation, but open dialogue can serve to help gauge your progress, alleviate doubt, and create a sense of solidarity.Continue...
  • 4 years 5 months ago

U Waterloo’s grade deflation hurts student success

A school that arbitrarily decreases grades harms its students’ long-term academic prospects.Continue...

The unclear rules of student-TA relationships
  • 4 years 6 months ago

The unclear rules of student-TA relationships

As students and teaching assistants (TAs) return to classes, some will bond over more than their lessons. As of Fall 2017, the University employed 1,850 TAs in a wide range of departments, class sizes, and duties. But intimate relationships between some students and TAs might often be overlooked.Continue...
  • 6 years 5 months ago

Ending Commerce rankings breeds a better environment

Public judgement doesn’t encourage healthy competition, but negative attitudes.Continue...
  • 10 years 7 months ago

PSE: Does it make a difference?

The Personal Statement of Experience (PSE) is unique to Queen’s and is also vital to the application process, according to Stuart Pinchin, associate university registrar of undergraduate admissions.Continue...

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