How to tell if a class is curved?

Colleges & Universities Cornell University
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<p>Is there a concrete way to tell if a class is curved or not? For example, out of these classes:
PHYS 2213 (E&M)
MATH 1920 (Multivariable)
ENGRI 1190 (Biomaterials)
CS 1112 (Matlab)
Which are curved and which just use your raw score for the final grade?</p>

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<p>All curved.</p>

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<p>Oh, even though matlab claims to use that “cut-off” structure?</p>

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<p>ask the prof</p>

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<p>It shouldn’t matter. Prof’s generally won’t let any class have lower than a B- median grade. If you do well, then you do well regardless of whether it’s curved or not.</p>

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<p>a cut off structure is still a curve if its what I think it is…</p>

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<p>yep, just a linear one.</p>

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<p>The engineering common curriculum classes are pretty much all curved to a B-. ENGRIs are a bit more lenient.</p>