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[whyBish]

In college, a four oh in a three hour class gives the same contribution to one's GPA whether it was obtained in Music Appreciation 101 or Genetic Engineering 499.

Well, over here (at my Uni at least) they have a system where there is a guideline depending on which year the study is being done at.
For 1st year it is about 20% A grades, for 3rd year I believe it is 50% A grades.

This guideline is not the target number of such grades but is the trigger point for an external audit on the grading for each course. So if you do a third year math paper that 5 of 9 students get an A grade for, then that will be reviewed to see if that particular paper had a 'good' set of students, in which case those A grades would stand. This is all done prior to marks being sent out to students.

We also have a couple of not so good practices.

1) Exam marks are not sent to students (You never have any idea how you score on an exam unless you pay a fee to see your paper)
2) Some lecturers still fit to a gaussian, but mainly it is for standard papers such as "Intro Calculus" etc. where the standards are known and the papers are low level.

Also furtunate, is that for the four year engineering course I was doing, honours was awarded for particular GPA results. These GPAs were weighted for which year which as I remember was:
(Year, Weighting):
1,0
2,20%
3,30%
4,50%

Very fair (even though I would have done better with a flat weighting ;) )