Top School vs Workload

Did my other thread inspire this?

So, from what I've heard from Kellogg PTers - Kellogg FTers do nothing but party all the time. They don't really study because many finals are take home and quizzes are usually just based on the homework. However, I once read a Kellogg blog about how the guy was suprised to be up at 3am still working on stuff. I somehow get the feeling that the PTers figure the FTers are doing little more than screwing round for 2 years, but it's probably not that easy in the FT program.

I dont believe Kellogg has any sort of forced rank policy around grades, whereas GSB does. Professors are forced to maintain a certain average GPA for their class - so they have to have a bell - I'll try to find the link that discusses it. The GSB students all say "Yea its a lot of work, but its manageable". I'm still trying to get an idea for just what that really means.

There is something to be said for the GSB though - it has a GND, which "
The grade disclosure issue continued to come up at Chicago in part because the GSB is the only elite business school with both a relatively low forced curve as well as full grade disclosure. Some students feel that this puts them at a disadvantage during recruiting insomuch as all companies may not be aware of the different grading policies at competing schools.
The aim of the policy, in the eyes of many students who voted for it, is to improve the spirit of community within the GSB by removing much of the competition for grades that results from having a 3.25 forced curve in every class. They also felt that with alleviation of grade pressure would come more participation of students in GSB extracurricular and social activities."

https://www.chibus.com/home/index.cfm?ev ... f0ce5fa32b

Also interesting is this: "Others on the faculty and in the administration like to equate academic rigor with hours studied. They point to the statistic that self-reported hours studied in Foundation classes have decreased 16% since non-disclosure began." (From chibus, 2003) -- So maybe it is not that bad. But, its interesting, that you can't get just get C's and pass. In fact, it looks like a C is basically a failing grade. That's harsh in my mind. Very harsh. Scary harsh.

Directly from the 06-07 handbook under "MBA Degree requirements":

"A cumulative grade point average of at least C+
(2.33) in all courses counted toward the MBA
degree for students who matriculate in autumn
2006 or subsequent quarters. A cumulative grade
point average of at least C (2.0) in all courses
counted toward the MBA degree for students who
matriculated prior to autumn 2006."

And here's the real *complain*:

"The Graduate School of Business grading policy states
that a faculty member may not exceed a maximum
grade point average of 3.33 for each course taught in
a quarter. If a faculty member teaches more than one
section of a course, the 3.33 average is calculated
using all sections. Excluded from this policy are PhD
courses, “labâ€