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Just out of curiousity, does anyone know why science students need a 95 average for the 10 000 entrance scholarship whereas everyone else only needs a 94?
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I would guess that it is due to the high competitiveness of science students, but I could be wrong.
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I asked this when they came to my school. The dude said that they do this because it's easier to get higher marks in sciences and maths than it is to get them in more subjective classes like English.
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wtf? that's completely untrue.
besides, arts people can use math and science marks too since they only need english as a prereq. what a dumb policy
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that 1% is a lot! it saves the uni a lot of money for sure. if i asked my teachers nicely and tried for the rest of the year i could peobably pull a 94 avg. but 95 is way 2 high. its hard to get a 95 avg when you arent amazing at anything.
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this sucks. I've just managed to bring my average up to 94.2 % and this is including the sciences, maths, along with some more difficult social sciences. Agh. I accepted Western for genetics too instead of economics, so blagh
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joggler wrote:I asked this when they came to my school. The dude said that they do this because it's easier to get higher marks in sciences and maths than it is to get them in more subjective classes like English. Hahaha... there are teachers that make it hard in those, but most are a total joke.
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eco wrote:I asked this when they came to my school. The dude said that they do this because it's easier to get higher marks in sciences and maths than it is to get them in more subjective classes like English. redrose27 wrote:wtf? that's completely untrue. To answer you Redrose 27, I think what they mean is that in math and science it's usually a right or wrong answer, so it's easier [not easy, EASIER], to get 100% than in English, where there's always spelling, grammar or the overall feel of the essay to throw you off 1% or 2%
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for math i agree but with science (particularly biology) it is still very heavily subjective as it is an observation and hands-on course as opposed to a work sheet type. It just seems inconsistent to somehow acknowledge the science students as having an easier time obtaining a 94 average than other students. this also doesn't take into fact that arts students can very well take other courses (M levels or other science ones) and include those in their top averages. How positively unlucky for me 
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Celia25 wrote:eco wrote:I asked this when they came to my school. The dude said that they do this because it's easier to get higher marks in sciences and maths than it is to get them in more subjective classes like English. redrose27 wrote:wtf? that's completely untrue. To answer you Redrose 27, I think what they mean is that in math and science it's usually a right or wrong answer, so it's easier [not easy, EASIER], to get 100% than in English, where there's always spelling, grammar or the overall feel of the essay to throw you off 1% or 2% I didn't rite that, joggler did... Also, this isn't some descision they made guys... They arent sitting there saying, science is easier, they need 95. It's because they entrance averages are higher for those subjects (as are the requirments). This is likely not becasue they are so much easier, if they were dropout wouldn't be so high.
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I agree with eco, it's easy to get defensive about which is easier but in truth they're just two different categories that have to be judged by a same system of numbers... entirely unfair, in my opinion, because even though most consider math and sciences easier to mark based on right/wrong, as you progress in those fields you discover there is much more than just formulae and numbers. I personally will be going into the arts, and at least in my experience both the sciences and arts are equally competitive, it's just the numbers that apear differently.
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does anyone how the threshold mark works for IB student??
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christinawang wrote:does anyone how the threshold mark works for IB student?? I think you have to submit your government's education marks for scholarships, not IB. Not too sure on that, but for sure it's only applicable for Diploma students. If you're in IB I'm severely disappointed by your lack of self initiative to investigate things throughly through independent study. And I'm sorry but what's going on with the constant double question marks?
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thanks for the info. i m now pressed by time to get everything sorted for university, so asking people around is the fastest way. i say this because i ve tried contacting UWO directly, and it s much slower. and about the double question mark, no extra meaning,just my style.
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