Classes curved?

<p>Are Penn's Science and pre-med related classes all curved?</p>

<p>most classes are curved throughout the entire university</p>

<p>for the most part all science / premed are curved, but individual professors may vary in their grading policies; some may be more absolute than others</p>

<p>When you say curved, is that scaled or curved? Or in other words, do you ever get a lower grade than expected?</p>

<p>curves here can get pretty nasty in the hard sciences (i.e. physics, chem). don’t know much about bio, bbb, and others.</p>

<p>in chemistry most courses are curved at a B- or B, which is pretty bad when you consider that the “average” student in them is both very good at the subject and works very hard.</p>

<p>Does the curve generally help? I know for Wharton it hurts you sometimes but since Penn doesn’t have grade deflation, does the curve actually help your grade if you’re high performing?</p>

<p>Would you guys say that Penn Sciences is pretty grade neutral (no deflation and no inflation) or inflated?</p>

<p>neutral, not inflated</p>

<p>and eh the curve doesn’t do a huge amount assuming a standard distribution of student quality relative to the exams given</p>