Talk:University Canada West

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I think the article is full of POV and factual problems, such as the C- average issue. Ardenn 21:49, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I cannot speak for the rest of the article's factuality, but the C- average "citation" is here: http://www.universitycanadawest.ca/aboutucw/ The list of their 6 majors are here http://www.universitycanadawest.ca/academics/degreesug.html where you can also see that they are distinctly vocational trainig-type programs, not academic ones. If those are the only "POV and factual problems" you have with the article, you must admit you were exaggerating when you said it was "full" of them. Just being honest. Veritasophia 21:59, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll admit it was a bit exaggirated, but C- sounds bad, and there are international differences on what that may mean. I'll try to rephrase it. Ardenn 22:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

A 65% is a C- in Canada. I actually went with the letter grade as opposed to the percentage, becasue a 65% in the states is a D. But to be honest, the fact that a C- GPA is all that is required to attend a university does not speak very highly of its academic standards. This is descriptive information about the university that people may be interested to know. It is the factual way of saying "it is not very competitive". Make sense? Veritasophia 22:09, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

No, it doesn't. Wikipedia is a international, and the University itself uses 65%, so that's what should be in the article. If Americans inteript it to be a D, so be it. That's factual, C- is not. Ardenn 22:16, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, they do use letter grades, so C- would be factual, but I am okay with saying 65%. The way you wrote it, "admissions average of 65%" however, makes it sound like they admit 65% of applicants, which is not true. If you want, you can think of a way to say it, but that way is misleading. "admissions requirement of 65%" might work? Something to make it clear we are talking about grades.