Wharton and CAS curves

Poeme
Thu, 22 May 2014 20:00:25 +0000

Well regardless of the exact curves, a lot of people of overly concerned with them and should spend more time on trying to understand the material rather than attempting to regurgitate it.

@cbreeze, all of the STEM classes, (save for grad classes) I have taken have had a significantly lower average grade than the humanities classes I have taken. In the physical sciences and math, you have problem sets
due each week and graded on correctness. From what I have heard about some Wharton classes, the problem sets are often graded by completeness and only take a few hours. I easily could spend 10 hours on my problem sets each week. While it’s true that the humanities classes have a ton of reading, many students get away with not doing a lot of it. Additionally, papers are not assigned that frequently from what it seems. You could absolutely not get away with not doing the problem sets in my classes.

Regardless, the constant complaints about the Wharton curve bother me because these students can be incredibly elitist and condescending towards students in other majors.