Georgia Lottery set to go broke without rules change

Comment #4

Littleoldlady — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 23:34:26 GMT

It is not backwards mentality, it is fact. The students who work hard in high school to make A's and B's will work hard in college to achieve the same. For every 5 students who go to college only one of the 5 will graduate....based on fact. Furthermore, which doctor would you go to? The one who made C's and D's or the one who made A's and B's.

Comment #3

Todd — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:17:04 GMT

Lottoscorp,I'm c

Comment #2

lottoscorp — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 22:06:32 GMT

I guess th

Comment #1

Littleoldlady — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 21:50:38 GMT

They should base it on a 4 point scale with a 3.0 avereage being a B. This is a common grading scale and it removes the need to fluff up the student's grades, either they are a B student or they are a C student.. Using a score of 80% to award scholarship money is not very bright. Makes me think that a bunch of C students made the rule.

Georgia Lottery set to go broke without rules change

Lottery Post — Tue, 05 Aug 2003 09:04:33 GMT

If the rules for earning one of Georgia's coveted HOPE scholarships were a little stricter, student D-1 - as he was described to a legislative committee last week - never would have made the grade. He earned three A's and 11 B's during his high school career, but his other grades - 16 C's, two D's and one F - would have put the HOPE scholarship, which requires a B average, beyond his reach.But scholarship rules allowed administrators to ignore the F he made in algebra because other courses gav... [ More ]