Canadian vs American Schooling

Ya - it's different.

In the U.S.:
A is 90% - 100%
B is 80%-89%
C is 70%-79%
D is 60%-69%
all else is a fail.

I'm allowed to get one C and then I'm on academic probation which would mean I'm only allowed to take part-time course work.  However, for my VISA to be valid, I have to be enrolled in full-time studies.  More or less, if I get two C's I get deported!

Since I was never a particularly strong student, this info kinda freaked me out.
However, as I became familiar with the American schooling system, I've been put at ease.  I have learned that there are great differences in the American vs Canadian style of education.  Those difference would appall Hedy McGarrigle, (was that her name?). I remember her lecturing us that we are now in University and we would not be spoon fed! 

She certainly never lectured in the U.S..  

I am barely 5 weeks into the semester and I have just finished my first round of exams.  All but one of the 4 exams I wrote was preceded by a very detailed outline with sample questions.  Not only that, at the start of most lectures, there's a review of last lecture with a bit of a quiz that is ungraded.  If the class doesn't do well on these ungraded quizzes, then the information is reviewed again.

I now see why the marks are so high, you'd have to work hard to get a C with all of this support!

And - so far anyway -  the exams have all been multiple choice.  When I mention the dreaded essay question, "Describe the _____ Theory of ______" worth 20 marks, half a mark for each point, the other students look at me like I'm crazy!  They respond with, "That would be so unfair!  Dr. ____ would never ask anything like that!"

Sometimes, I wonder, is it American vs Canadian or Geeze vs not Geeze?