<p>@1x612nt13 Yeah, I don’t know how that would happen. You can only check out course reserve books for 3 hours at a time and if you’re even a minute late you will be charged a $10 fine. That fine drastically increases as the minutes pass by. It has happened to me before.
Also, most people have their own copy of the book so I don’t think that would make a huge difference even if it were true.</p>
<p>That being said, it’s true that many of the classes at UCSD are graded on a curve. If it weren’t, 70% of the class would literally fail Ochem.
Yes, unfortunately some students do cheat. For example, my chem prof said a group of students were recently caught after buying fake UCSD ID’s from China and having other students impersonate them during an exam. However, there are incredibly strong penalties for getting caught. Many professors will take action so that offenders will be literally dismissed from the university.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t think the cheating is so bad that it will affect your grade if you study well. If you put in the work required for an A I don’t feel like a few cheaters are going to drastically affect the curve to the extent that you’ll receive an A- instead.</p>