Taking classes early and Grading Curves

WayOutWestMom
Thu, 03 May 2012 14:55:50 +0000

Only a few schools have formal criteria on grades/curves. (Princeton? I think caps the number of As awarded in any one class.)

Each department at a college may have its own policies. More commonly each professor will have his own policy on setting curves and grading criteria. Some professors have different grading policies/curves for each different course they teach. Some profs are harder/grade more strictly than others who teach the same class. Some profs set the class average at C+; others at B-, then curve accordingly.

As you can see policies vary widely.

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If I take Principles of Biology I at my local college during high school…



Please be aware than ANY college course taken, even if you take it while still in high school MUST be reported on you AMCAS application for medical school. Any grades earned at a college (even high school co-enrollment classes) will be included when calculating your GPA for med school applications.

IOW, don’t take a college class thinking you’ll get a leg up on the same class later at your 4 year college. Med schools will see you’ve take the course more than once and you will have to explain why.