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by frontporch 533 days ago
competing with what? your score doesnt vary based on others.

i came here to laugh at this thread.. no different than calculators and google both of which were misused in the same way. and then people who are "worried" about it and use that as an excuse to do it themselves. and now you know why the tech industry sucks
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rtkwe 533 days ago
> competing with what? your score doesnt vary based on others.

Grading on a curve is very much a thing. Rarer in lower levels but not completely unheard of.

Even if it weren't GPA is still used for ranking students for opportunities like college or summer programs with limited slots. The effect of GPT'd homework depends on how well they perform on the tests though but some classes are predominantly take home work or at least were when I was going through school.

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fragmede 533 days ago
In some (college) classes it does. Some classes are graded on a curve, which means the bottom scoring kids automatically fail, some percentage passes.
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