<p>@Rectifier</p>
<p>Lets take an accurate look at the grade distributions on schedule builder for the MCB Major shall we?</p>
<p>Lower Division Courses Required
Bio 1A: Average Grade B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/251”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/251</a>
Bio 1AL: Average Grade B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/252”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/252</a>
Bio 1B: Average Grade B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/253”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/253</a>
Chem 3A: Average Grade B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/261”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/261</a>
Chem 3B: Average grade B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/263”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/263</a>
Physics 8A: Average grade B <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/585”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/585</a>
Physics 8B: Average Grade B <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/586”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/586</a>
Math 1A: Average Grade B <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/509”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/509</a>
Math 1B: Average Grade B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/510”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/510</a></p>
<p>Now for upperdvision courses, the ones that assign an average grade of an A- or B+ are elective courses, in MCB you must take specific tracts of courses which only allow for a maximum of 1 or possibly 2 elective courses, while all MCB tracts require 6 or 7 upper division classes. Ill give an example of two tracts for the MCB major.</p>
<p>Upper Division Classes for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB)
MCB C100A: Average Grade B <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2295”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2295</a>
MCB 100B: Average Grade B <a href=“http://ninjacourses.com/explore/1/course/MCELLBI/100B/#overview”>http://ninjacourses.com/explore/1/course/MCELLBI/100B/#overview</a>
MCB 110: Average Grade B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2297”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2297</a>
MCB 140: Average Grade B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2307”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2307</a>
MCB 110L: Average Grade B <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/6369”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/6369</a>
BMB Elective</p>
<p>Other Upper Division Classes for MCB Majors (Non-electives)~other tracts
MCB 102 Average Grade: B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/537”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/537</a>
MCB 104 Average Grade: B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2296”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2296</a>
MCB 132 Average Grade B- <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2303”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2303</a>
MCB 150 Average Grade B: <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2309”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2309</a>
MCB 160 Average Grade B: <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2311”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/courses/FL/2013/2311</a></p>
<p>By the way, one of the only courses that has an average grade of an A- in the MCB department, 135A, is only offered every other year, so very few students will be able to even take that as an elective.</p>
<p>What I am trying to say is that, cumulative GPA’s do not predict the difficulty of any major. I am an MCB Major and I have taken many art classes at Berkeley. All art classes have an average grade of an A or A-, every single one of them, So obviously, if you look at my GPA now, it is an average of classes that gives between a B and B- and an A or A- average grade distribution, it is NOT representative of my major difficulty.</p>
<p>Please do not make assumptions about the MCB major based off of your administrative data. This is a major for seriously devoted students.</p>