California man is right!! On USCF Live whenever you are playing an opponent you are prompted as to what your rating will be after a win, loss, or draw. ex. win +10, loss -2, draw +3. This way you will know if it is worth it to play your opponent.
The rating system we have here makes NO adjustments for draws what so ever!! No matter how high or low a person is rated against each other. That statement in itself tells us that the rating system we have is inaccurate. I don't know what rating sytem we use...but I know the Glickman sytem works pretty good! Is it possible to switch to this tried and true sytem Fencer?