My niece told me that she graduated with an English Literature degree without ever reading a book! She says she read the summaries on SparkNotes and sites like that. Is this possible? She even graduated with a 3.5 GPA.
2006-10-29 09:20:59 · 8 answers · asked by Vivian 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
My son's doing that. He is 4.0 GPA
2006-10-29 09:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by Thankyou4givengmeaheadache 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, especially if it was a "State" college. No disrespect to anyone, but Ive seen it first hand. Many classes and profs just require you to gather and organize information, then present it, either in paper, speech, or test. Sparks Notes just did half the work for you already. Cheating and Plagiarism are rampant. In my opinion a B.A degree is not proof of anything other than you know how to work the system.
2006-10-29 17:32:22 · answer #2 · answered by scott h 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's a pretty poor university if they didn't require anything beyond the crib notes to pass an exam or write a research paper. I couldn't have gotten away with that in high school, much less college. But then, my degree is in physics - you can't crib your way through that.
2006-10-29 17:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I graduated HS like that except I had a 4.5 GPA...I dunno about college though, I think SparkNotes would just help reinforce the info. In my experiences in college, reading the book is needed (unless she cheated)
2006-10-29 17:24:52 · answer #4 · answered by Kadi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be true, I have a degree in Industrial Techology and never read any diagrams.
2006-10-29 17:31:11 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would believe that. I managed to get my degree in theatre performance tech and i didnt really go to half of my lectures and still passed!!
2006-10-29 17:25:15 · answer #6 · answered by schnikkie497 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask to see her degree certificate!
2006-10-29 17:23:27 · answer #7 · answered by ♥♥♥GODDESS♥♥♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be, why don't you ask her parents?
2006-10-29 17:23:51 · answer #8 · answered by jackieamandas 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋