<p>wneckid - these curves are really only applicable bio, chem, and to a lesser extent physics and math premed classes (about eight to ten courses). most of the social sciences, humanities, engineering, and upper division courses in the basic sciences are less concerned with grading on a curve. in that respect, most students here do pretty well in terms of placing into jobs, grad school, professional school, or whatever. I think that even among premeds, certain people are better with certain subjects. for example, i found physics to be pretty straitfoward while i deplored orgo, while i know plenty of people who were the opposite. so on average, i think most people do fine academically since some are good at some things and not so at others, vice versa.</p>