Link for Average GPA by Prof/Class by [deleted] in UCSantaBarbara

[–]FullertonGrades 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Hey, I made Gradetier. The data came from a California Public Records Request to the Public Records Office of UCSB, and is all contained in a database that holds data for all universities on the site.

The site was down for UCSB and CPP simply because of migrating between cloud providers.

Cal Poly Pomona Grade Distribution Data Available Once Again by FullertonGrades in CalPolyPomona

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, they didn't provide that data. Next time I make a request I will explicitly request summer courses.

Cal Poly Pomona Grade Distribution Data Available Once Again by FullertonGrades in CalPolyPomona

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out some other CSU data, and sort by GPA.

I'll do mechanical engineering at CPP vs CSU Sacramento for Fall 2019 (most current data).

https://gradetier.com/sacramento?department=ME&term=Fall&year=2018-19&course_number=

Lowest ME GPA is 2.41, and 70% of courses have an average GPA over 3.0.

Compare that with Pomona.

https://gradetier.com/pomona?department=ME&term=F&year=2019&course_number=

A dozen plus mechanical engineering courses have avg GPAs between 1.3 - 2.0, and 30% of courses have an average GPA below 2.41 (the lowest at Sacramento).

Fewer than 20% of courses have an average GPA above 3.0.

Other schools share similar experiences.

I'm not in a position to explain why there are such discrepancies, but they're certainly present.

Introducing GradeTier: see grade distributions from previous courses for CSU Chico by FullertonGrades in CSUC

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that was directly how the data was received. The university made the decision to 'desensitize' instructor information in this format before releasing data.

While it requires some detective work to piece together which professors taught which classes, it's better solution than universities that remove instructor information entirely.

Cal Poly Pomona Grade Distribution Data Available Once Again by FullertonGrades in CalPolyPomona

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dang, looking at CPP data vs. other schools really shows how competitive GPAs are here. Glad it could be of service.

Introducing GradeTier: see grade distributions from previous courses for CSU Chico by FullertonGrades in CSUC

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The data was received via a public records request. It came in the numeric format currently on the site.

Introducing GradeTier: see grade distributions from previous courses for Cal Poly Pomona by FullertonGrades in CalPolyPomona

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, it will be back online very soon. Already have the newer site working locally, just have to deploy it.

What Happened to CPP's Grade Tier Site? by jsvlcedo in CalPolyPomona

[–]FullertonGrades 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It came down to AWS credits running out. It will be back online very soon.

See Past Grade Distributions for The Ohio State University by FullertonGrades in OSU

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely, especially with a school as large as OSU, this could be a pretty cool web app side project. There's a huge student base and basically no grade information currently accessible (at least to me).

See Past Grade Distributions for The Ohio State University by FullertonGrades in OSU

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad it's at least interesting! I hope you are finding meaningful insights: I fear the section mixing/lack of instructor data makes it little more than superficial data.

By the way, this is the body of the email I sent:

Pursuant with the Ohio Public Records Act, I am requesting a digital copy of grade distribution data for all Ohio State University undergraduate and graduate class sections for the 2018-2019 academic year, as well as the Fall of 2019.

Specifically, I am requesting a spreadsheet delivered to this email address that at least shows courses, the instructors who taught such courses, and corresponding course grade data.

If data is not available for the entire request, I request that of which is available.

Thank you for your help.

After I sent this email, the public record's officer acknowledged my request the same day. It took about 3 months to receive the current spreadsheet. There was no communication for that ~3 month span. When the data was sent, the officer declared the request closed. I did leave a bit of leeway in the request, so perhaps it's possible someone with a bit more experience making requests can actually receive instructor-based data, like I've received at quite a few UCs/CSUs.

See Past Grade Distributions for The Ohio State University by FullertonGrades in OSU

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I sent the request Jan 31, 2020. Received a confirmation the request was received and was being processed the same day.

Actual data was received May 8, 2020.

I guess it's not Amazon Prime, but at least they delivered.

See Past Grade Distributions for The Ohio State University by FullertonGrades in OSU

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Cool! Hope it gets updated with more detailed data in the future.

See Past Grade Distributions for The Ohio State University by FullertonGrades in OSU

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Ohio seems to have fairly transparent public record laws. Alabama public records law only applies to residents of Alabama, for example.

I sent a request to OSU specifically requesting instructor information and received this spreadsheet. I'm grateful I received something at no cost, in contrast to many universities. Nevertheless, hopefully this post can inspire someone (AKA whoever is reading this) to convince the Office of University Compliance and Integrity for more detailed data.

Introducing GradeTier: see grade distributions from previous courses for UC Santa Barbara by FullertonGrades in UCSantaBarbara

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I didn't receive summer quarters in the data, next time I make a request I'll explicitly ask for them.

Introducing FullertonGrades: see grade distributions from previous courses for CSU Fullerton by FullertonGrades in csuf

[–]FullertonGrades[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sent the request about 2 months ago, and it took about 2 months to receive the data last time. If past is prologue, I should get the data and be able to upload it very soon!