Oh be proud. UCD is one of the few schools that actively fights grade inflation. People still talk about the Harvard scandal, when it came to light that half of their students got A's (and a good portion of the other half got B's):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=1133702
In fact, some departments (like Economics) actually require that their departmental GPA be a 2.7, which means every class in that department is curved to a 2.7. LOL, I hate that actually. I've had more than one A assignment get knocked down to a B because too many people had higher A's than me. But I do think A's have lost their meaning.
You will run into the occassional professor who believes there's no such thing as a perfect paper, but in most of your classes at Davis, you will get the grade you deserve. A lot of Freshmen have trouble with this, coming from their grade-inflated high schools, but in the end, you're forced to stop thinking about statistics and start thinking about what you're learning. And, despite getting the grades they earn, UCD students know their material. Look at the statistics, look at the first-time bar passage rate (conveniently printed on the back of your catalog), look at your field. In the end, what matters is not your grade, but whether you know your stuff, and UCD students do.
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