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Discussions about the Cornell men's and women's hockey teams
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
Don't worry, Adam. I am perfectly "chill." I just enjoy arguing about things that aren't that important And thanks for the thorough statistical analysis. I actually thought there would be considerably more C's than that (half a percent -- wow). John, I don't think the 8% honors stat could include distinction. Distinction (at least in Arts) goes to the top 30% of the class.by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
Well, first of all you have to recognize how honors are awarded at Cornell. You can have a 4.1 and not graduate with honors if you choose not to write a thesis. Second, I see no contradiction there. Looking at a GPA alone cannot tell you the breakdown of a person's grades. A 3.0 can be 4 B's. It can also be an A, 2 B's, and a C. It can be Two A's and two C's. So, knowing where people fallby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
I dunno about "liberal arts scholarship" per se. But the law still has some pretenses to being a "learned" profession, which might begin to explain the focus on grades. (And by the way, Adam, if I get my grades within the next couple days as expected, sitting next to me on Saturday might not be such a pleasant experience. )by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
Adam '01 -- Like it or not, grades are unbelievably important in the legal profession. Why that is, I'm not totally sure, but you can't get into a top firm--no matter where you go to law school--without the grades. And, knowing some guys going to Gibson Dunn, the firms keep that pressure on until the day you graduate. If you ever fall below their rigid cut-off, your offer is revoked. Grahamby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
This whole discussion was in response to: Professors give C's, D's and F's more frequently than A's. I questioned that statement based on my personal experience. Chris backed it up with statistics printed in the Sun. Since then, people have been making arguments about: (1) how hard science classes are, (2) how grades don't really mean anything, and (3) how their GPA's, often many yearsby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
Thanks, Beeeej. Obviously GPA's for law school applicants will be higher, on average, than other students. And yes, I do honestly believe that at least 40% of grades across all undergraduate classes are in the A range (A+, A, A-). Right now you are making an argument about science classes (particularly large science classes). This has almost no bearing on the original topic here--athletesby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
Adam, when you said "A" I assumed you were pulling in A minuses too. And remember that GPA's above a C+ would go all the way down to 2.3. Beeeej, I think you are right, that 76% figure might just be for law school applicants. In that case, we can still stand on Chris's figure of 40% A's. I can't imagine that there would be more than 40% in the C, D, and F range (in fact, I know thby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
Well, first of all, you made a statement about the University as a whole which you have now limited to a small range of classes. Yes, large introductory science and math classes tend to be graded to a lower median. But once you get past those, into smaller upper-level classes, medians tend to rise (often there is no forced curve at all in those classes). If you look at Chris's stats above, 40%by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
See, there's no need to look anything up when you can make a correct generalization from personal experience aloneby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: poor grades? - 21 years ago
I still don't think it's true that there are more C's, D's, and F's at Cornell than A's. I think Cornell's curve is skewed very heavily towards A's and B's. (I know of no one at Cornell during my time there that had a GPA below 3.0 for their whole four years.) C's are outliers, D's and F's virtually impossible to get without some effort. Obviously this is just my personal observation. I challby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Harvard Roll Call (2/15) - 21 years ago
I'm pretty sure you can stand just about anywhere behind the last row of seats, all the way around the rink. I had standing room tickets two years ago, and we stood center ice, right behind the CU section (well, one of the CU sections ). I thought it was a great place to watch the game from, plus you don't have to worry about some 112 year old Harvard fan behind you asking you to sit down.by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Personal Attacks on Players - 21 years ago
I didn't want it to be rattling around somewhere in the back of LeNeveu's head the next time he takes the ice, the pressure that he's running out of games and therefore it's even more important that he not screw up and let one past in this game I highly doubt that Lenny is losing much sleep over breaking Dryden's record. This is not Roger Maris chasing the Babe. It would obviously be nice forby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: (OT) Famous Alums - 21 years ago
Umm, if Reeve was Class of '74 as the list above indicates, he would not have been been backing up Dryden. Class of '74 would have arrived on campus in fall of 1970, more than a year after Dryden left.by gwm3 - Hockey
CC and ND lose - 21 years ago
CC and North Dakota both lost tonight. NoDak now has five losses, which means we could conceivably jump them again in the polls. (I'll leave PWR speculations to those who know more).by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Baby's B-Day - 21 years ago
Does anyone else suspect that Mo and Ogie are the same person? They always seem to post to the same thread in fairly rapid successionby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Colgate Webcam Thursday - 21 years ago
Student announcers on the video feed ... superby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: OT: New ECAC Hockey Fans? - 21 years ago
Could it be because you sent them the link, Adam?by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Caption Contest #2 - 21 years ago
"Try and do your job on ice. . .wait, they are on ice." With all due respect, I just plain don't get this one. What am I missing?by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Clarkson Band - 21 years ago
Why Adam, I have no idea what you're talking aboutby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Clarkson Band - 21 years ago
I sat in N for the Harvard game in the 1999-2000 season. It is a pretty impressive sight to look across at Section B. I'm pretty sure that game was the first time I heard remote control goalie and, unlike now, it was in very good synch with JR's methodical routine (an older gentleman next to me was laughing at the cheer throughout the whole game).by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Clarkson pics are up - 21 years ago
This is a true classic. You gotta love the "who me?!" look on his face.by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Clarkson pics are up - 21 years ago
What's with the big foam fingers? Whose brilliant idea was that?by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Spencer Penrose Award - 21 years ago
Cornell was #8 in the preseason poll. For comparison, Maine was 6 (now 1), NoDak 13 (now 2), CC 10 (now 3), and OhioState 15 (now 8). All of those schools' coaches were mentioned in the article. So apparently you need to be ranked at least 5 spots higher than expected to make the cut. When was the last time an ECAC team was ranked in the top 4 nationally? Or, more appropriately, when wasby gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Underhill gone - 21 years ago
I don't know that much about how the hockey minor leagues are set up. Is the AHL the only league where the teams are directly affiliated with an NHL club, or are there also lower level affiliates? For example, would it be an automatic, intra-organization move for Matt to be sent back and forth between Providence and Pee Dee?by gwm3 - Hockey
Re: Cornell vs. SLU(t) 5-2 - 21 years ago
YES did pick up the NCAA hockey regionals last year. Better than nothing I suppose.by gwm3 - Hockey