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Yup ... requires GPA of 3.87 to qualify for PhD at some universities ... that's 97%. It was an A paper according to the instructor.
I’ll have to muster up some respect for a fellow educator, and one who taught at the college level, which I did not.
I suppose the requirements for Criminology are very different from those in the English department and Education department, for which I’ve written theses in both disciplines.
However, I still find it irksome. I see only a checklist, with no original thought, with poor phrasing and not an ounce of fresh insight.
I’m retired now so I’ll have to force myself not to care about the grades given to a stranger, but I’d have given this a D. There is no actual essay, and what is the thesis statement? “I’ll do this, then I’ll do that?” I presume the thesis is along the lines of securing a crime scene, but all in bullet points?
Perhaps this was actually just his outline, and we haven’t seen the essay?
Oh right, I’m training myself not to care…occupational hazard after 25 years of grading essays





JMO