And has been stated, didn't get degrees at that level of performance.
The piece we're missing is the actual curve of the student's performance, and I'm betting it's not linear, throwing information from simple averages out of the window.
I imagine there's a distinct dropoff between the students who actually show up and get degrees, to the students who don't.
Once again, the graph here is pretty much guaranteed not to be linear.
Literally no one is graduating with an 0.15 out of 4.00. By definition, they failed most of their classes.
Just like the subject of he article you're discussing with an 0.13. It's not like he just barely didn't make it; they still consider him to be in the 9th grade.
The piece we're missing is the actual curve of the student's performance, and I'm betting it's not linear, throwing information from simple averages out of the window.
I imagine there's a distinct dropoff between the students who actually show up and get degrees, to the students who don't.