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<p>If your course is graded on a curve, then the grades are curved based on how the entire class does, not each discussion/recitation section. So if your prof teaches one big lecture and then there are multiple discussion/recitation sections, then the grades are curved based on all of the sections that compose the large lecture. Statistically speaking, this gives your prof a larger sample to work with.</p>
<p>thanks. so if a professor teaches two lectures (e.g. chem 101 section 1 lecture and chem 101 section 2 lecture), and you are in section 1, you compete only with those in section 1 no matter how big the section is.</p>
<p>Hmmm, when you phrase is that I way, I would imagine that the prof might base a curve on both the section 1 and section 2 lectures. You aren't really competing; you generally shouldn't look at a class that way. The manner in which a prof curves will always vary depending on each individual prof. Profs, who generally aren't that strict, will look at the scores of all of the students they teach for a certain course and then they'll determine a curve that places the majority of grades in the A, B, C range.</p>
<p>Not always my chem class was graded by discussion (for the quizzes not overall but that is a portion of the grade nonetheless) first semster and then by all second so that isn't always the case. But in any case just try to be above the average in any situation. That will always be nice.</p>
<p>"they'll determine a curve that places the majority of grades in the A, B, C range."</p>
<p>hopefully, considering A's, B's, and C's are 60% of the grades that can be given. The important issue is how the number of C's/D's compares to the number of A's and B's.</p>