Are USC pre med courses easier during summer session?

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<p>I hear a lot about the terrible curve in the bio classes with 300 students. I was wondering if the bio classes during summer session are any easier or less harsh on grading with only 20 students enrolled in Bio 120aL.</p>

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<p>Well, considering summer session classes are compacted into a very short time, they’re really not “easier.” It’s a bigger time commitment and you blaze through the material faster than you would taking the class over the course of a full semester. The GE I took over a summer session was insanely difficult only because we digested a large amount of information in a very short amount of time. It required double the work a GE in the fall or spring would.</p>

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<p>Oh I see, was there still a curve?</p>

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<p>Most GEs aren’t on a curve. I wasn’t pre med so I can’t speak to those classes; I just took GEs and a few classes for my major in the summer sessions.</p>