Yale Students Demand Automatic 'Pass' Due to Covid-19

Post by dillonmckay » Wed, Apr 08, 2020, 3:25 AM UTC

whatshisface wrote: post #3

In contrast and great irony, my local community college has announced that they will go online and expect full completion as usual - and the students have accepted it, because of course the academic culture at a white label school for tradesmen and transfer students would be more rigorous, serious and refined than the one at a national pride.

Post by dillonmckay » Wed, Apr 08, 2020, 3:28 AM UTC

duxup wrote: post #13

downerending wrote: post #7

Hard to know what's right, under the circumstances. At the same time, it seems like their degrees should have an asterisk, to be fair to full graduates.

I'm not sure an asterisk really tells anyone about the critical thing....do they know this stuff? Can they do the job?

Post by dillonmckay » Wed, Apr 08, 2020, 3:30 AM UTC

duxup wrote: post #15

dillonmckay wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly. Not to mention, any decent hiring manager that knows of this event, if it does occur, would be more suspect of any graduate of Yale (if they attended during the academic period in question) versus an equivalent Ivy. As the article mentioned, campus is the great equalizer for students of different backgrounds, so give each student a check for the full retail cost of a semester’s tuition and expenses, paid fro…

>if it does occur, would be more suspect of any graduate of Yale versus an equivalent Ivy Would they? Because this one thing might have happened one semester they would decide that individual is less qualified?

Post by dbcurtis » Wed, Apr 08, 2020, 3:32 AM UTC

philipov wrote: post #16

Mountain_Skies wrote: post #4

Good luck passing Calculus II if you were given a passing grade in Calculus I without actually learning the material. There are plenty of other courses that will run into the same problem if their prereqs aren't actually mastered.

My little brother is currently attending RIT and what they did is allow anyone to take any course Pass-Fail. It's not an automatic pass, but it does mean it won't screw over your GPA if events have impacted your ability to perform.

Post by Ralo » Wed, Apr 08, 2020, 3:34 AM UTC

Mountain_Skies wrote: post #4

Good luck passing Calculus II if you were given a passing grade in Calculus I without actually learning the material. There are plenty of other courses that will run into the same problem if their prereqs aren't actually mastered.