Wharton and CAS curves

Extelleron
Tue, 20 May 2014 23:54:40 +0000

For Wharton intro classes, the grading scheme is pretty much uniform, which is a good thing. Your competition for on-campus recruiting will be other Wharton students, so it’s good that GPA is fairly comparable between different classes/professors based on your relative standing in the class.

The percentages may vary slightly class to class, but I can tell you that for OPIM 101 the current percentages are: 5% A+, 12% A, 18% A-, 25% B+, 20% B, 10% B-, 7% C+, 3% C or lower.

So top 17% get a 4.0, top 35% get 3.7+, and top 60% of the class have 3.3+. Assuming the 3% C or lower are all C’s, the weighted average GPA in OPIM 101 is a 3.26, or roughly a 3.3/B+.

There will be much more variability in college classes than in Wharton classes. The curve for upper level Wharton classes will generally be slightly more favorable than the intro classes like OPIM. I’ve seen 40% A/A-.