Rigor of Rice's Grading system?

silentsailor
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:47:24 +0000

Would just like to note that this varies considerably by major. One of my roommates is dumb, but she’s a psych major and has a 4.0. I know several poli sci majors with GPAs greater than 4. On the other hand, there are electrical engineering classes of 40 people where 3 people get A’s…and those are A-'s. Most of the introductory classes curve considerably but once you get into legitimate engineering classes that stops real fast. My last physiology exam had a class (of 140) average of 80, no curve, which I feel provides an accurate representation.

Given, that’s not to say it’s impossible to get a 4.0 as an engineer; though I don’t think I know any bioes with 4.0s, I know several 3.7-3.9. But you’d probs have to bust your ass, all the time.