Diploma or College

[rasenove]

Hi guys, a few days ago my SSC results came out and i got Satisfying results (grade: 5.00)

now whats next? Take Diploma course? Or college. My parents are telling me i should get into a collage and then take diploma course if i want, but i felt its important to hear your opinions. I want to get into computer science by the way. Pleas give me some advice.
Thanks....

[Stackprotector]

Hi guys, a few days ago my SSC results came out and i got Satisfying results (grade: 5.00)

now whats next? Take Diploma course? Or collage. My parents are telling me i should get into a collage and then take diploma course if i want, but i felt its important to hear your opinions. I want to get into computer science by the way. Pleas give me some advice.
Thanks....

Get the highest you can get while you can

[Snayler]

Here's a collage for you:


Sorry, couldn't resist.  *College.

[Deque]

What does grade 5 mean?
In our country it is the second worst grade you can get.

I also searched for the equivalent of college and diploma course and the meaning seems to vary from country to country.

[sudeep]

In India, degree is given more importance than diploma. Though, you can get degree after diploma, I will advice for 10+2 and then degree.

[rasenove]

What does grade 5 mean?
In our country it is the second worst grade you can get.

Over here 5.00 =A+( <= 80 points in atleas 7 subjects)

[silenthunder]

Over here 5.00 =A+( <= 80 points in atleas 7 subjects)

So basically 5.00 is like your "grade point average" system? In the U.S., a 4.00 is having an A in 7 subjects, where an A can be anywhere from 85 to 90 points or higher (assuming 100 is the maximum) depending on what school you're in.

[sn0w]

I will suggest first attend college(10+2) and after that go for bachelor degree. Doing diploma is like wasting your time.

[vezzy]

So basically 5.00 is like your "grade point average" system? In the U.S., a 4.00 is having an A in 7 subjects, where an A can be anywhere from 85 to 90 points or higher (assuming 100 is the maximum) depending on what school you're in.

No, not quite. A lot of European countries use numerical grades instead of alphabetical ones, and some don't have what is equivalent to a GPA system, e.g.

2 = F; 3 = D; 4 = C, 5 = B, 6 = A

[silenthunder]

No, not quite. A lot of European countries use numerical grades instead of alphabetical ones, and some don't have what is equivalent to a GPA system, e.g.

2 = F; 3 = D; 4 = C, 5 = B, 6 = A

Hmm I see.. usually we go by a percentage. 100% is the best you can get, and depending on where you're at the letter grades correspond with the percentage, such as my school uses this system:

A = 90%, B = 80%, C = 70%, D = 60%.

But it wasn't always that way, a few years ago it was all messed up like this:

A = 93.5%, B = 85%, C = 77.5 %, D = 70 %

Which made things much harder. Our GPA system is an odd one, if you have an A in every class, then you have a 4.0. But if you have a B in one class and an A in every other class, it'll be a 3.9. However, if you're failing one class but getting all A's in everything else, it could go down to a 3.5. But if you have a B in every class, it's also a 3.5.

[Deque]

No, not quite. A lot of European countries use numerical grades instead of alphabetical ones, and some don't have what is equivalent to a GPA system, e.g.

2 = F; 3 = D; 4 = C, 5 = B, 6 = A

That's right and some of them are exactly the other way around (1 is best, 6 is worst or vice versa) which actually led to the misconception that Albert Einstein had bad grades. He didn't, he was in fact a pretty good student, but the first one to write a biography about him messed it all up.

[silenthunder]

That's right and some of them are exactly the other way around (1 is best, 6 is worst or vice versa) which actually led to the misconception that Albert Einstein had bad grades. He didn't, he was in fact a pretty good student, but the first one to write a biography about him messed it all up.

Interesting fact about Einstein.. Time to go correct some people.

[vezzy]

Yeah, I've known about that for quite some time. Reading Cracked.com does wonders (or it used to, now its quality has devolved significantly).

[Axon]

Here's a collage for you:


Sorry, couldn't resist.  *College.

I lol'd 


OP: go for collage... I mean college