An email I received:
Subject: Important: Unfair Transcript Revision
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>You might have heard that NUS now has a new grading system which
>> >includes
>> >> >>>grades like A- and B- and so on. In conjunction with this change,
>>all
>> >> year
>> >> >>>2s in NUS have received fresh copies of ALL their transcripts -
>>since
>> >> Year
>> >> >>>1 Semester 1 i.e. new copies of their old transcripts have been
sent
>>to
>> >> >>>them by post.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>The reason for this is that all grades they have obtained since
>> >entering
>> >> >>>NUS, have been revised - upward. So if one of them got B, B, B+, B+
>>in
>> >Yr
>> >> 1
>> >> >>>Sem 1, he/she will receive a fresh transcript saying that he/she
got
>> >B+,
>> >> >>>B+, A-, A- instead. All old transcripts are to be thrown away.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>The Yr3s are NOT getting fresh transcripts like the Yr 2s. Yes, the
>>97
>> >> >>>cohort works on a different system but we Yr 3s, especially in Arts
>>Fac
>> >> and
>> >> >>>Science Fac, take the same modules together with the Yr 2s.
>>Therefore,
>> >if
>> >> >>>you and your YR 2 friend took a Literature module together, studied
>> >> >>>together and both got B+, she will now get, by default, an A- for
>>that
>> >> >>>module while you remain with the B+.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>Alot of Yr 3s are peeved about this because getting four As on your
>> >> >>>transcript instead of four Bs makes alot of difference and we are
>> >missing
>> >> >>>out on the edge the Yr 2s are getting, at least when it comes to a
>> >great
>> >> >>>looking transcript which you will have to carry for life.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>I called the Dean's office today and explained our concerns but
>>while
>> >> they
>> >> >>>were very polite, we were left with nothing but "Don't worry about
>>it -
>> >> you
>> >> >>>won't really be affected." I beg to differ - yes it will make a
>> >> difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>It makes a BIG difference. Many of us are applying for jobs and
>> >postgrad
>> >> >>>degrees already and others will be applying one year later - the
>> >scenario
>> >> >>>will be that we will be competing with our juniors for jobs and
>> >postgrad
>> >> >>>vacancies. Not many employers will call NUS and ask why a 97 batch
>> >> >>>interviewees grades are lower than a 98 batch interviewee -
>>especially
>> >if
>> >> >>>we're going abroad. The transcript gives the first impression and
>>first
>> >> >>>impressions last - compare a B+, B+, C+, B transcript with a A-,
A-,
>> >B-,
>> >> B+
>> >> >>>transcript for the SAME modules taken at the same time.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>If NUS needs to adopt a new system, perhaps waiting two years until
>>all
>> >> >>>current students have graduated might have been wiser - even then,
>>the
>> >> last
>> >> >>>graduated batch will be affected the way we are being affected. So
>>why
>> >> >>>change the system at all and why so little transparency as to why
so
>> >many
>> >> >>>revisions are being made to the system?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>We are going to write to the Dean and make a big deal out of this
>> >because
>> >> >>>many of us are affected, and if you're in Yr 3, so are you so you
>> >should
>> >> be
>> >> >>>aware. Please circulate this e-mail - the least we can do is be
>>AWARE.
Subject: Important: Unfair Transcript Revision
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>You might have heard that NUS now has a new grading system which
>> >includes
>> >> >>>grades like A- and B- and so on. In conjunction with this change,
>>all
>> >> year
>> >> >>>2s in NUS have received fresh copies of ALL their transcripts -
>>since
>> >> Year
>> >> >>>1 Semester 1 i.e. new copies of their old transcripts have been
sent
>>to
>> >> >>>them by post.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>The reason for this is that all grades they have obtained since
>> >entering
>> >> >>>NUS, have been revised - upward. So if one of them got B, B, B+, B+
>>in
>> >Yr
>> >> 1
>> >> >>>Sem 1, he/she will receive a fresh transcript saying that he/she
got
>> >B+,
>> >> >>>B+, A-, A- instead. All old transcripts are to be thrown away.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>The Yr3s are NOT getting fresh transcripts like the Yr 2s. Yes, the
>>97
>> >> >>>cohort works on a different system but we Yr 3s, especially in Arts
>>Fac
>> >> and
>> >> >>>Science Fac, take the same modules together with the Yr 2s.
>>Therefore,
>> >if
>> >> >>>you and your YR 2 friend took a Literature module together, studied
>> >> >>>together and both got B+, she will now get, by default, an A- for
>>that
>> >> >>>module while you remain with the B+.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>Alot of Yr 3s are peeved about this because getting four As on your
>> >> >>>transcript instead of four Bs makes alot of difference and we are
>> >missing
>> >> >>>out on the edge the Yr 2s are getting, at least when it comes to a
>> >great
>> >> >>>looking transcript which you will have to carry for life.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>I called the Dean's office today and explained our concerns but
>>while
>> >> they
>> >> >>>were very polite, we were left with nothing but "Don't worry about
>>it -
>> >> you
>> >> >>>won't really be affected." I beg to differ - yes it will make a
>> >> difference.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>It makes a BIG difference. Many of us are applying for jobs and
>> >postgrad
>> >> >>>degrees already and others will be applying one year later - the
>> >scenario
>> >> >>>will be that we will be competing with our juniors for jobs and
>> >postgrad
>> >> >>>vacancies. Not many employers will call NUS and ask why a 97 batch
>> >> >>>interviewees grades are lower than a 98 batch interviewee -
>>especially
>> >if
>> >> >>>we're going abroad. The transcript gives the first impression and
>>first
>> >> >>>impressions last - compare a B+, B+, C+, B transcript with a A-,
A-,
>> >B-,
>> >> B+
>> >> >>>transcript for the SAME modules taken at the same time.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>If NUS needs to adopt a new system, perhaps waiting two years until
>>all
>> >> >>>current students have graduated might have been wiser - even then,
>>the
>> >> last
>> >> >>>graduated batch will be affected the way we are being affected. So
>>why
>> >> >>>change the system at all and why so little transparency as to why
so
>> >many
>> >> >>>revisions are being made to the system?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>We are going to write to the Dean and make a big deal out of this
>> >because
>> >> >>>many of us are affected, and if you're in Yr 3, so are you so you
>> >should
>> >> be
>> >> >>>aware. Please circulate this e-mail - the least we can do is be
>>AWARE.
