Which UC has a curved grading system?

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<p>Do you know which UC’s have a curved grading system? For example, if a certain amount of students are allowed to get an A while the next lower percentage gets a B and so on? Or does it really depend on the teachers at the UCs?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>Depends on the teachers.</p>

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<p>And the major…some are notoriously challenging, others very generous.</p>

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<p>If you were to go in a math type of class, are those likely to be curved?</p>

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<p>I am not attending a UC, but I have taken math classes at four different colleges and they were curved one way or another almost every single time. The grading really depends on the professor but most of the time grades are curved to make sense. For example, I have taken an upper-level math elective where the class average was about 60%, so the professor decided that 75% and up was a straight A and 40% was still worth a B. I know another professor who assigns very easy homework problems and exams, and he has to curve grades down or almost everyone would get an A. (Of course then there will be a student who is disappointed that his 88% average was only worth a C, but he may not know that that was the single lowest grade in the class.)</p>

<p>Contrary to popular opinion, curves are not this evil tool designed to prevent college students from being successful. Quite to the contrary, they are used to place grades into proper context. I have to admit that I like curves because more often than not I get a better grade than expected because of the curve.</p>

<p>On the other hand, pre-med students might dislike them very much because there is a lot of pressure to get top grades in pre-med classes, and few professors want to give As to everyone…</p>

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<p>I’ve taken 2 math classes at UC’s (UCLA) and neither class had curves, with the exception that at least a quarter was supposed to get an A and another quarter was supposed to get a B. The class average was high enough that no change had to be made.</p>

<p>As said above, it really depends on the class/professor, and there isn’t much to worry about anyway because it’s far more likely that your grade will be bumped up instead of down.</p>