Where our numbers come from
Score scales, grade formulas, citation rules and deadlines are not things we invent or paraphrase from other blogs. Every page is built from primary sources — the organisation that actually sets the rule — and the sources consulted are listed at the bottom of that page so you can check them yourself.
- Test scoring and percentiles: the testing organisation's own published materials
- Citation formats: the current edition of the relevant style manual
- Academic policies and credit rules: university and accreditation body publications
- Study-method claims: peer-reviewed research, cited specifically rather than as "studies show"
If we cannot verify a specific number against a source we trust, we do not publish that number. Writing "varies by institution — check with your registrar" is an acceptable answer here; inventing a plausible statistic is not.
How a page is made
- Research The underlying rule, formula or requirement is looked up in primary sources and the edge cases are noted — rounding rules, exclusions, regional differences.
- Build The tool is written as self-contained HTML and JavaScript with no external dependencies, so it behaves identically online, offline and years from now.
- Verify by hand Test inputs are run through the finished tool and compared against hand-calculated expected values, including boundary cases such as zero, empty and out-of-range inputs. A tool that disagrees with the arithmetic does not ship.
- Review Pages are re-checked as a whole: does the explanation match what the code actually does, do the worked examples still hold, are the cited figures current, do all links resolve.
That last step matters more than it sounds. A recurring failure mode in tools like these is a page whose prose and whose code quietly disagree — the article documents one rounding rule while the script applies another. We specifically test for that.
What we will not publish
- Fake interactivity. No buttons that appear to do something and do not, and no "AI-powered" labels on features that are not.
- Invented statistics. No made-up participant counts, success rates or averages, and no attributing a number to a study that does not contain it.
- Manufactured authority. No fabricated staff, credentials, testimonials, awards or endorsements, and no implying affiliation with universities or testing bodies.
- Pay-for-placement. No paid rankings, sponsored recommendations or affiliate-driven advice presented as neutral guidance.
- Filler. No pages that exist only to occupy a search phrase without answering it.
Corrections
Errors get fixed rather than quietly buried. When a reader reports a mistake we reproduce it, correct the tool or the text, and re-run the verification steps above. Where a correction changes a result a reader might have relied on, we say so on the page rather than editing silently.
Report an issue to corrections@campusbreeze.com — the contact page lists what to include so we can reproduce it quickly.
Independence
CampusBreeze takes no payment from universities, test-preparation companies, admissions consultancies or advertisers, and has no commercial relationship with any organisation mentioned in its guides. There is no advertising on this site and nothing is ranked or recommended in exchange for money.
Scope and limits
We publish study aids, not official rulings. Institutions set their own policies and change them; testing organisations revise their formats. Where a decision has real consequences for your grades, money or immigration status, treat our pages as a starting point and confirm with the institution involved. See our terms of use.