r/GaState • u/toyheartz • 15d ago
General Group Projects
WTF is up with this requirement in business courses? It always ends up falling on one or two people and then the others get minor deductions. So you’re not actually learning how to work in a group anyways lol
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u/Vasto-Lorde7 15d ago
Report ur groupmates when they miss a deadline. Every time
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u/toyheartz 15d ago
I def do but honestly, the just get like 10 points deducted. A low A/high B is really not a punishment when you do nothing. It’s so annoying.
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u/Significant_Fix8664 15d ago
I hated business because of that. I always had very big problems with my business peers and was almost about to get in a big fight with one of them during a lecture.
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u/damarkod 15d ago
Wait til you get a real job and it’s exactly the same way when you have to collaborate
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u/FierceCapricorn 15d ago
I have a pretty solid peer review and reporting with point deductions. Not only do the slackers lose points, they have their inability to work with others annotated on their letter of recommendation for medical school.
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u/toyheartz 15d ago
I love this because it really isn’t fair for the projects to fall on a couple of students and I’ve seen it happen time and time again where they ignore you until the day before.
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u/rosaxan 15d ago
Why even bother writing someone a bad letter of rec just tell them you can’t write it in good faith.
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u/ellbeecee 15d ago
u/FierceCapricorn didn't say it was a bad letter of rec. Academically, the student might be a very strong option for medical school and they might be a great person to write that. But the schools should also know about this as well as the academic strengths of the student.
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u/rosaxan 15d ago
Shes clearly trying to be smug dude talkin about some inability to work with others will be annotated on their letter wtf lmao yall are weird as hell
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u/Aware_Explanation_10 12d ago
no the people who dont know how to contribute in group projects are "weird as hell". im gonna assume youre one of them
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u/FierceCapricorn 15d ago
Because the have other good qualities. AAMC has changed their guidelines for recommenders. We have to address a variety of skills, especially of the schools adopt a holistic approach to admissions.
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u/Interesting-Gas-4999 15d ago
I absolutely agree! I’m in the program and I literally get a headache dealing with this group projects. I do my part but others don’t have the same energy/interest as you and you are handling the load of the whole project.
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u/Mysterious-Moose5367 15d ago
I have a political joke but I’ll refrain. 🥲
There should be standard deductions for participation and it should reflect the actual effort and work done for each student clearly. That said, it’s been rare to find a group of everyone just doing what they’re supposed to so you kind of have to just enjoy the game because it’s likely going to be a case by case basis dependent on your professor and group.
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u/odessadamnduck Public Health 15d ago
It’s not just business lol. Almost every course in my major has required a group project. Do they let y’all do peer evaluations? Give em zeros