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Students should get the grades they deserve

by Brianna Condilenios, Peak Associate Students aren’t strangers to that sharp pang of disappointment when they receive a low grade on an assignment. This pain cuts even deeper when they know they deserve a better grade. I’m talking about the assignments and exams that students prepare for weeks in advance and have, by all reasonable accounts, met the criteria that was originally set forward. Putting such careful effort into stellar work and being met with a mediocre grade is extremely disheartening.  Universities have this shallow desire for prestige that they try to uphold by being ridiculously selective — and SFU…

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