4. What kind of assignments would he have for home? Are they essays (Sorry, uni works differently where I am from)? Are these essays grades As and Bs like in school?
I don't entirely follow, but I'll take a guess. "Homework" for a senior for a typical class might range from writing short papers on reading to giving presentations in class, or writing fewer, longer papers on research you've done all semester. Stanford prides themselves on having small, discussion rich classes for undergraduates. With 10 week terms, they probably have 2 exams per class (midterm and final) and it's the discretion of the professor to assign essays or other work.
As for grades, professors typically assign a numeric score to work, rather than just "A" or "B" or "C" because that's too ambiguous. So you might get a "95%" on an essay, or an "87%" and then most professors have ranges on which they assign letter grades - the ranges are typically stated in a syllabus at the beginning of the semester. (As an example, way back in the day, most of my professors would create a rubric for scoring essays, with say, 10 points devoted to "clarity of argument", 10 points for "integration of supporting documentation" and 5 points for "mechanics" (spelling and grammar); 25 points total. You might get 10 points for clarity of argument (super clear, very well framed paper), 4 points on documentation (you did not integrate other literature well, or did not interpret the sources correctly), and 1 on mechanics (it was riddled with spelling errors and sentence fragments) - giving you a 15 out of 25, or 60% -- for most classes that would be a D for that paper.)
4. What kind of assignments would he have for home? Are they essays (Sorry, uni works differently where I am from)? Are these essays grades As and Bs like in school?
I don't entirely follow, but I'll take a guess. "Homework" for a senior for a typical class might range from writing short papers on reading to giving presentations in class, or writing fewer, longer papers on research you've done all semester. Stanford prides themselves on having small, discussion rich classes for undergraduates. With 10 week terms, they probably have 2 exams per class (midterm and final) and it's the discretion of the professor to assign essays or other work.
As for grades, professors typically assign a numeric score to work, rather than just "A" or "B" or "C" because that's too ambiguous. So you might get a "95%" on an essay, or an "87%" and then most professors have ranges on which they assign letter grades - the ranges are typically stated in a syllabus at the beginning of the semester. (As an example, way back in the day, most of my professors would create a rubric for scoring essays, with say, 10 points devoted to "clarity of argument", 10 points for "integration of supporting documentation" and 5 points for "mechanics" (spelling and grammar); 25 points total. You might get 10 points for clarity of argument (super clear, very well framed paper), 4 points on documentation (you did not integrate other literature well, or did not interpret the sources correctly), and 1 on mechanics (it was riddled with spelling errors and sentence fragments) - giving you a 15 out of 25, or 60% -- for most classes that would be a D for that paper.)
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