Unfortuante Sault College Students

[Hornblower]

Sucks to be you guys, ... I guess ...

http://sootoday.com/content/news/full_s ... mber=28324

[. ._]

Ahh, pink wine in a box.

The ultimate pantie-remover.

-istp

[mathias_now]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-TOO FUNNY!

Hello,

Since I’m positive a lot of Sault aviation students are going to be looking at this I have a question. My question is, what’s a 3.1 GPA converted to percent according to Sault’s grade scheme? I’ve looked at other University/College sites, most of them being in the states, and they are all different.

Hopefully someone from Sault can assist me.

Thanks in advance,

MN

[Doc]

My question, regarding a 3.1 GPA. Is that high enough to guarantee these turkeys will NOT push limits, untie the plane from the dock because the boss is "pushing" you to fly in bad weather, ignore wing contamination, and all the other things that seem to kill so may young pilots every year? I kind of doubt it. In "real" life, your GPA will have nothing to do with your "common" sense.

[mathias_now]

Doc,

You totally missed my point but thanks for the added details. I was asking what a 3.1 GPA converted to percent is at Sault because that's what you need to continue in the program second semester.

Does anyone know?

MN

[Stan_Cooper]

A third host, Stuntman Stu, suggested that Linda Warne be plied with Amarone della Valpolicella (an Italian dry red wine)

Good thing he explained what valpolicella is... Saves Saultites a trip to wikipedia.

[mellow_pilot]

GPA is out of 4... so... about 78%

(although the gpa IIRC is given out in .5 increments relative to a set of percentiles... but then It's been a while, and it changed with the different classes. It's really not hard to get to flying sem.)

I think if you pull off a 70 in all classes you'd be ok... can't really remember.


Wow, this was one helpful post... oh well, more drinking should solve the problem

[Hornblower]

Doc, you gotta read the article

[Spruce Moose]

Mellow is dead on, it's around 78%. The courses you take are all worth a different number of credits (i.e. math is worth 4 credits but most of the aviation courses are only worth 1, minus human factors which is 3) and from that each grade percentage = a certain number of credits in the GPA; 50-60% in a course is 1 credit, 60-70% is 2, 70-80% is 3 and 80%+ is 4. so if you have an 80% in math you have 16 credits for example. So you multiply out all that with all your courses and divide it by the total number of credits for the semester (like I said, say 4 for math and 1 for most of your AVT's) and you get your GPA. Google up GPA calculator and the first few links will probably do a better job explaining how it works.

Also, you must get 70% or above in all the aviation courses to move on. You only need 50% to pass english, math, mechanics and physics.

[Walker]

unless your in Victoria.... here we like to do things differentially, like make GPA's out of 9 .... yes... thats right.... 9.....

[JBI]

Sault College uses a 4 point scale. Found this on their web page:

The following grades will be assigned to students:
Grade Scale
A+ 90-100% 4.0
Consistently outstanding

A 80-89% 4.0
Outstanding achievement

B 70-79% 3.0
Consistently above-average achievement

C 60-69% 2.0
Satisfactory or acceptable achievement in all areas subject to assessment

D 50-59% 1.0
Marginal

F 0 - 49% 0
Failure – the student has not achieved the objectives of the course and the course must be repeated

CR Credit awarded
S Satisfactory achievement in field/clinical placements or non-graded subject areas

U Unsatisfactory achievement in field/clinical placements or non-graded subject areas

X A temporary grade, limited to situations with extenuating circumstances, giving the student additional time to complete the requirements for a course

NR Grade not reported to Registrar’s Office

W Student has withdrawn from the course without academic penalty

So if you end up with mostly B's and an A you should be good. But if you get C's you'll have to get a few more A's as well.

[Donald]

"Lots of sasquatches there," the program hosts said, referring to the Sault and Sudbury as "the home of summer teeth: Some are in, some are out, some are black."