<p>@Pinkteeni </p>
<p>I think you should understand something about the grade point average system in Berkeley.</p>
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<li><p>There are no “extra point” courses at Berkeley, like where an A would be 5 grade points instead of 4. An A is a 4.0, an A- is a 3.7, etc. This means that to get an cumulative GPA of 4.0, one must NEVER get a grade of an A- or lower. This is why you probably never meet someone with a 4.0.</p></li>
<li><p>Most engineering courses have sharp curves, with about only the top 10-15% of the class getting A’s, and the next 30% of the class getting B’s. Unlike in high school this means that no matter what everyone scores, there is an absolute maximum of the proportion of students who can get an A. Also, you should be advised that many tests in Berkeley do not intend for the majority of students to score highly, e.g, 3 years ago the average on one of the physics 7A midterms was 25/100.</p></li>
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