Does UCD grade on a bell curve?

sopranokitty
Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:42:12 +0000

It depends on the professors. Out of all my classes at UCD, only a few were graded on a straight scale (my ANS 1 class, my BIS 2B and BIS 2C classes (I took the BIS 2A equivalent at community college), my ANS 41 class, and my ANS 124 class), while the rest were curved (however, for classes that curve, the professor may make it clear that they only curve the final grade, not the exams themselves, so you could be looking at a C during the course and end up with a B or A at the end, depending on how much the curve is).

To get an A, you have to put in a lot of work and effort. One of my ex-housemates works hard to get As in her science classes (as an example, she got As in O-chem by studying the subject everyday, instead of leaving it until the weekends to study).