<p>i was browsing around and was really surprised to find out that Physics 7B class sizes are 200. i thouhat.ght it would be 1000 because my Organic Chemistry is like that.</p>
<p>the grade distribution seems to be the same according to PickaProf, so how much harder does it become for you to get the grade you want as class sizes get smaller?</p>
<p>200? 1000? Not much of a difference in terms of %A’s, %B’s, etc.</p>
<p>You won’t be able to notice – it’ll just be “a whole bunch of other people in the class” to you. If you don’t take a professor who is out to get students, it is very feasible to get an A without too much effort in 7B in my opinion. Especially if you had prior exposure to the subject.</p>
<p>My roommate’s physics book had literally zero crease in it by the end of the semester. He looked at a few of the solutions to quizzes, and a sample midterm or two before midterms, and still got an A. He’s a smart fellow, but the point is that a lot of people just struggle with the material and bring down the curve.</p>
<p>What if the class size is as small as 36 or fewer, as is the case during summer sessions?</p>
<p>In the case of small class sizes, the instructor usually takes a closer look at individual student performance. For instance, I’ve been in a course with only 3 people, and I’m pretty sure the instructor knew the ins and outs of everything each of us had done throughout the span of the semester. </p>
<p>It’s less likely that they’ll have to just curve it based on some statistical means, and more likely the instructor will look at the individual distribution and look for good cutoffs.</p>