What's a good grade AT Duke?

MCurie
Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:43:21 +0000

Ok so I’m a sophomore here at Duke university. Needless to say, I do love the school and my classes are lit- but boy are they HARD! Like, no on on campus likes to talk about it (to be real, I’m only mentioning it due to the anonymity of this site) but really and truly classes are hard. I’m a math major, and for the first time ever I’m looking at potentially pulling my first C in a class, along side one or two Bs and (hopefully) an A. As someone who straight up pulled all As in high school, the thought of this terrifies me. But it makes me want to check in an ask- is it abnormal to pull a C at a top college/university? And similarly, are Bs bad grades at a school like Duke? My hope is to end up with a 3.7 GPA (I’ve got a 3.4 right now, but that will probably go down after this semester a few points)- is there still hope of achieving a 3.7 GPA? I’ve heard many of the early classes at Duke are weed-out style in the fact that they’re quite difficult for underclassman but get better the higher into the field you go. Thus, is it easier to get better grades in the higher level courses at Duke? Honestly, any advice would be much appreciated.