Taking classes early and Grading Curves

kristin5792
Thu, 03 May 2012 15:02:18 +0000

Depends on the professor. Some professors curve like NCG mentioned. Some say from the beginning “90%+ = A, and if all of you get As, so be it.” Some say that the top 30% get As, the next 40% get Bs, the next 20% get Cs, and the remaining students get <C and then determine point cutoffs accordingly. Others do it differently.

Going along with what NCG said, it seems like the classes with generous curves tend to be the most difficult science classes (I got a B+ in honors organic chem and never broke 80 on a test) and the ones who have stricter A cutoffs tend to be easier, intro level classes (eg my intro to sociology class).