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Deadwifi9000Ping OP t1_j4u9kyy wrote

Reply to comment by despalicious in [OC] Animated Bar Graph of Average GPA for Admitted Students in UC Colleges(1994-2021) by Deadwifi9000Ping

There is probably influence of "Grade Inflation" on the overall increasing admittance GPA for these schools.

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Here's an article by Inside Higher Ed about grade inflation(incl. overall GPA) both in Colleges and High School:

https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2017/07/17/study-finds-notable-increase-grades-high-schools-nationally

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ppalasek OP t1_j4u70x7 wrote

Reply to [OC] Differences in monthly mean temperatures from 1950 to 2022 compared to reference period (1971 to 2000) in London by ppalasek

Data from: https://www.ecmwf.int/en/era5-landhttps://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/reanalysis-era5-land?tab=overview

Tools used: Python, cdsapi (https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api-how-to), matplotlib

Code at: https://github.com/ppalasek/climate/

We can clearly see some extremes, e.g.:

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Deadwifi9000Ping OP t1_j4u2nlz wrote

Reply to [OC] Animated Bar Graph of Average GPA for Admitted Students in UC Colleges(1994-2021) by Deadwifi9000Ping

Hey guys!

I made this animated visualization for a school project. It compares how the average GPA of students admitted changed over time for the different UC schools.

One thing to note is that UC Merced does not appear until 2005. This is because UC Merced was founded on September 5th, 2005, so there is no data on admissions before that date.

I used Plotly and got the data from the University of California’s published data. https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/admissions-source-school

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Monsignor1979 t1_j4u1miz wrote

Reply to comment by Li2_lCO3 in The Number of Hours You'd Have to Work at a Minimum Wage Job to Afford a Year of Tuition in Each State by SandyBeaches2016

I'm 43. If you think things were easy for me 25 years ago, you're a fool. I too, sat in an apartment I couldn't afford, with no power because the power company pulled the plug after 3 months of non payment. Ate Raman noodles and hot dogs for 3 years until I eventually stepped it up to cheese-dogs. Topping my car off with anti-freeze every day because I couldn't afford a new radiator, let alone a new car. No cell phone, no internet, no cable. Used a rusted coat hanger to get my local channels just so I could keep up on current events. I'm doing well now, but it wasn't easy for me either.

This generation really thinks they're the only ones who have ever had to deal with hardships as they negotiate the life of adulthood. My grandparents (growing up through the depression) would be rolling over in their grave if they heard the nonsense you guys spew.

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Astronomicone t1_j4txzow wrote

Reply to The Number of Hours You'd Have to Work at a Minimum Wage Job to Afford a Year of Tuition in Each State by SandyBeaches2016

In my school they had a mandatory food charge of 2000 for the first year which could only be used on campus stores, most of which only sold junk food marked up by on average 4-6 times the original price. Not to mention the wildly overpriced dorms that are also mandatory and the classes themselves being expensive. Or the limited parking that they charge hundreds of dollars for and refuse to use the money to build more reliable parking so they can ticket people. This shit is absolutely predatory at best and they are entirely aware of it.

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Astronomicone t1_j4txyvy wrote

Reply to The Number of Hours You'd Have to Work at a Minimum Wage Job to Afford a Year of Tuition in Each State by SandyBeaches2016

In my school they had a mandatory food charge of 2000 for the first year which could only be used on campus stores, most of which only sold junk food marked up by on average 4-6 times the original price. Not to mention the wildly overpriced dorms that are also mandatory and the classes themselves being expensive. Or the limited parking that they charge hundreds of dollars for and refuse to use the money to build more reliable parking so they can ticket people. This shit is absolutely predatory at best and they are entirely aware of it.

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cybicle t1_j4tmefs wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in The Number of Hours You'd Have to Work at a Minimum Wage Job to Afford a Year of Tuition in Each State by SandyBeaches2016

Sorry you are so out of touch with reality.

At least you'll have all the nurses and school teachers -- who were too busy studying to party, while they attended community colleges -- to take care of you in your old age, and teach your grandchildren economics and history (which you must have slept through).

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PeaUpbeat3732 t1_j4t6o5d wrote

Reply to [OC] The Temptations. by MeIIowJeIIo

I saw the "not alive" at the beginning after looking toward the end to see when members passed, and I could not figure out how someone who was deceased later became a Temptation.

Bedtime.

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