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​I need someone to seriously explain the logic behind MAKAUT’s official percentage conversion formula because my brain hurts trying to make sense of it: Percentage = (CGPA - 0.75) \times 10.

​Look at how we actually get our scores:

​We write theory exams out of 70.

​We grind through lab tests and continuous assessments (CAs) for the remaining 30.

​We score our marks out of 100, multiply them by the subject credits, add everything up, and divide by total credits to get our CGPA.

​Every single mark is earned through actual sweat, exams, and projects. None of these marks are free.

​So when I look up why we have to subtract 0.75 at the end, Google says it's for "normalization."

Normalization for what?

​We aren't getting handed inflated grades out of nowhere. We literally sat for the papers, cleared the internals, and earned our weighted score brick-by-brick. If I grind out a solid CGPA, that number is already an accurate, weighted reflection of my performance. Why on earth do I have to chop off 0.75 from it just to convert it into a percentage for job applications or higher studies?

​It feels like an arbitrary tax on our hard work. If anyone from the university or anyone who defends this system can explain what is actually being "normalized" when we earned every fraction of our score, I'm all ears.

​I honestly just need to rant because I am losing my mind over how grading works here.

​I’m studying at Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology (MSIT) under MAKAUT, and the internal project evaluation system is a complete circus.

​To give you the exact breakdown of our group of six (Persons A, B, C, D, E, and F):

​Persons A, B, C, and D actually did the work, built the project, and successfully published a research paper out of it. But even among us, it was random: A and B got 10, while C and D got 9.

​Persons E and F did literally zero work. They didn't contribute to the code, didn't help with the paper, and didn't even do basic annotations.

​Yet, when the marks came out, E got a 9 and F got a flat 10!

​When I went to talk to the mentor, I got the classic shrug: "Nothing can be done now, it's locked by the college."

I understand their part they are not at fault of course. But

​it's mind-boggling. People who didn't even lift a finger get rewarded with a 10, while the actual authors of a published research paper get randomly shortchanged. Talking to friends at other colleges just makes it worse their professors try to give everyone good marks unless they completely ghost, whereas our college actively penalizes actual effort while handing out freebies to freeloaders.

​The system is completely cooked. I know the marks are locked and nothing will change, but I just had to vent about how broken and unfair institutional grading is. At least the publication stays on my resume forever, unlike these clown-show internal marks.

Rant over.

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