08-14-2023, 08:08 AM
A few more answers:
7. What is your current GPA?
Without the benefit of the current term where I've got good grades in these classes, 3.126 out of 4.
8. How challenging has the grading been for your papers?
If you mean: how tough are the professors at grading the papers? It varies. Like my earlier answer, there seems to be more leeway on lower level classes, but higher level classes certainly are held to a higher standard. Every paper has a clearly outlined grading rubric with expectations for paper content -- lower level classes tend to say things like, "Identify three things about your chosen subject that match up with the text and explain how it's like XYZ," and higher level classes may say, "Apply the mechanics from the reading from the last three modules to your chosen subject, articulate fully."
If you mean: how tough is it for me to get my papers graded and receive timely feedback? Not at all. Very consistent professor timing / process for all my classes.
9. What is the average length per paper?
I'm not a super wordy guy, but I am analytical, so I like to state my position, back it up with a reference, then explain how my position and the reference fit together. My papers tend to be 3-5 pages, plus bibliography / references, but I have written papers probably up to 15 pages with several pages of references. Often, the rubric itself indicates something like "follow APA-7 guidelines, in Times New Roman font, 12 point size, double spaced. Your paper should be XX pages." Most recently, in one of my Finance major classes, I looked at that and thought, 'I cannot possibly describe the change from 2007-2008 financial crisis to today about a public company's transaction, translation, and operative financial foreign currency risk in 1-2 pages double spaced, WTH are they thinking'. That was for a typical weekly paper, not a larger multi-unit paper and certainly not a final paper in the class. The paper in question ran to 5 pages and I even felt like I was cramming it all in.
More when I have time, thanks folks. I hope this is helpful.
7. What is your current GPA?
Without the benefit of the current term where I've got good grades in these classes, 3.126 out of 4.
8. How challenging has the grading been for your papers?
If you mean: how tough are the professors at grading the papers? It varies. Like my earlier answer, there seems to be more leeway on lower level classes, but higher level classes certainly are held to a higher standard. Every paper has a clearly outlined grading rubric with expectations for paper content -- lower level classes tend to say things like, "Identify three things about your chosen subject that match up with the text and explain how it's like XYZ," and higher level classes may say, "Apply the mechanics from the reading from the last three modules to your chosen subject, articulate fully."
If you mean: how tough is it for me to get my papers graded and receive timely feedback? Not at all. Very consistent professor timing / process for all my classes.
9. What is the average length per paper?
I'm not a super wordy guy, but I am analytical, so I like to state my position, back it up with a reference, then explain how my position and the reference fit together. My papers tend to be 3-5 pages, plus bibliography / references, but I have written papers probably up to 15 pages with several pages of references. Often, the rubric itself indicates something like "follow APA-7 guidelines, in Times New Roman font, 12 point size, double spaced. Your paper should be XX pages." Most recently, in one of my Finance major classes, I looked at that and thought, 'I cannot possibly describe the change from 2007-2008 financial crisis to today about a public company's transaction, translation, and operative financial foreign currency risk in 1-2 pages double spaced, WTH are they thinking'. That was for a typical weekly paper, not a larger multi-unit paper and certainly not a final paper in the class. The paper in question ran to 5 pages and I even felt like I was cramming it all in.
More when I have time, thanks folks. I hope this is helpful.
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