<p>Someone brought this up in another thread, but nobody ever really addressed it
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<p>So I was wondering what current Marshall/USC students think of the B-minus curve. USC has a ton of negative reviews on studentsreview.com, many of them from Marshall students who feel that the curve hurt their chances of admission to top law or MBA programs. Is this really a problem? </p>
<p>If I want to go on to grad school, would I be better off just majoring in Econ at the college of arts and sciences, thus avoiding the B-minus curve? Or are there advantages to Marshall that make such a tough curve worthwhile?</p>
<p>the curve has been stressing more and more studenst lately....ummm...i dunno...i think grad schools know about the curve, and besides work experience is more important if you want an mba and lsat is more imprttant if you want a law degree....but for the most part i dont know....why dont you ask an adcom from a grad school?</p>
<p>wait i just got into to Marshall and i'm pretty sure i'm going there, but i keep hearing about this curve, could someone please explain it and why its so bad? i'm clueless...</p>
<p>From what I understand (so correct me if I'm wrong), it is not a bell curve. Instead, the average of the class is centered on a B- (or a B in upper div classes). So most people end up with a grade in the B range. In easy classes, where it's hard to differentiate one grade from the next, the curve usually hurts. But in harder classes, it helps because anyone who drops the class is still included in the curver meaning there is a larger number of higher grades available.</p>
<p>dont be a tool . . . that curve means 25% get A's . . . business is competitive . . . get used to it. if you cant take a class where 25% get A's and 40% get B's you belong at a CC or something.</p>
<p>basically, easy A/B classes are not so easy anymore. classes like marketing. you have to know work for B's, and A's are very hard to come by. for exa,mple, i would have got an A in my biz stats class but instead i got a B b/c of the curve.</p>
<p>Just a note about studentsreview.com in general - sites like that are very unreliable. Sometimes students from rivals (such as UCLA) have been known to write false and/or biased reviews.</p>