So I don't really know how to explain it but this has been an issue since the beginning of M1 year last year. I don't care much since I'm not going for a competitive specialty, but despite getting solid As in all my core science classes, I'm still about average class rank because I get the same scores (91-94%) in our equally-weighted "easy/blowoff" courses as opposed to ~100% like everyone else.
These are courses mostly consisting of clinical notes and reflections/essays. I promise I'm not one of those types who complains and dismisses those kinds of classes and I do put a lot of effort in. Like I'll get marked off on the most random things that my friends won't (Like recently for not documenting a GU exam on a guy with a wrist strain, or a full CV exam for a typical URI), and my classmates always say "oh, I thought it was completion based and they gave everyone 100s" Or I'll spend at least twice as long writing a reflection that I do with my friends, (we do it basically the same way) then I'll get an 80% and they get 100s and are not marked off for the things I was when we compare.
I understand this may happen sometimes, but it's literally every course where it seems like everyone else is graded by completion but myself and a few others get actually graded. Also for clinical or teaching-based evaluations, a few of us almost always get SPs or instructors notorious for never giving high scores.
I don't know if this is based on how things are assigned/read by last name or what, but it's become a systematic problem across most courses and I don't know how one brings this up to any staff/faculty, if I should even bother at all? I don't want to sound whiny. Anyone have a similar issue happen at their school?
Thank you!
These are courses mostly consisting of clinical notes and reflections/essays. I promise I'm not one of those types who complains and dismisses those kinds of classes and I do put a lot of effort in. Like I'll get marked off on the most random things that my friends won't (Like recently for not documenting a GU exam on a guy with a wrist strain, or a full CV exam for a typical URI), and my classmates always say "oh, I thought it was completion based and they gave everyone 100s" Or I'll spend at least twice as long writing a reflection that I do with my friends, (we do it basically the same way) then I'll get an 80% and they get 100s and are not marked off for the things I was when we compare.
I understand this may happen sometimes, but it's literally every course where it seems like everyone else is graded by completion but myself and a few others get actually graded. Also for clinical or teaching-based evaluations, a few of us almost always get SPs or instructors notorious for never giving high scores.
I don't know if this is based on how things are assigned/read by last name or what, but it's become a systematic problem across most courses and I don't know how one brings this up to any staff/faculty, if I should even bother at all? I don't want to sound whiny. Anyone have a similar issue happen at their school?
Thank you!