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Bates College: A Welcoming Community
Marks goes to the campus of Bates College to talk about its long-standing ethos of diversity and tolerance.
September 15, 2014
Marks goes to the campus of Bates College to talk about its long-standing ethos of diversity and tolerance.
Students with bad grades, low GPA, and low SAT and ACT test scores can still get into college. But can they graduate? Can they get financial aid? Mark responds to an inquiry from a student who wants it “honest and straight.”
Does your GPA reflect the knowledge you gained in a class? The answer, according to an article recently published by the Association of Middle Level Education, is probably not. Teachers rely on grade point averages for the sake of simplicity, not because these averages reflect mastery of material.
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