Wharton and CAS curves

Poeme
Mon, 19 May 2014 01:38:31 +0000

The only department that would even come close to curving to a B- is the chem department in the premed courses. The chem department has notorious harsh grading. Even math, physics, bio and Econ wouldn’t do that. Most of the CAS science/Econ/math classes curve to a B or B+. Econ most definitely does not curve to a B-/C+.
Honestly, I think curving to a B+ is perfectly fair assuming around 30% As. I feel like Penn has one of the most realistic grading scheme in the Ivys, it’s not punitive for the most part but not everyone gets As which should be the case.

The Wharton curve is basically the same for the sciences (except for chem) at CAS. People can complain about it all they want but I think it is very fair.