<p>Hey I want to take an Econ class at Duke this semester, and I was wondering how do you find out the grade dist. of classes at duke? By that I mean what % of ppl get A's and what % get B's.</p>
<p>I just wanted to take an easy econ class at Duke.</p>
<p>It depends on the class/professor/department immensely. </p>
<p>Some departments, and some econ classes will choose to give you the grade you earn. IE 90-100 is an A, etc etc. Some of them will do this with a curve, but have no set distribution of how many students get a certain grade. </p>
<p>I had one class (Bio 25) where it depended on what the average grade was.</p>
<p>As you can see, it just varies on what the professor wants to do, but I don’t think any professors have in their minds how many A’s, B’s etc. You’ll get the grade you earn, so if you’re on the A/B like, a professor won’t ever be like “too many students got A’s…time to move onto B’s.”</p>
<p>If you’re looking for an “easy” econ you’re going to be hard-pressed. This intro classes such as 51/55 are meant to be taken in succession and are really challenging courses designed for prospective econ majors (They’re oftentimes considered the econ weed-outs). I took Financial Accounting (182) my senior year, and found it wasn’t bad at all, minus the fact that I was taking an 8:30 second semester senior year. Take it with CJ Skender…he’s AWESOME. Anyway, the trouble with that class is you won’t be able to actually get into it UNTIL you’re a senior (or junior if you’re lucky). It fills up fast because it’s a QS and a relatively useful one. It also doesn’t count for the major so it’s a lucrative choice for the non-econ major who still wants an econ class.</p>
<p>Well i mean like unc has its pickaprof.com, where grade distributions are published, does Duke have an avenue where students can see how easy it is to get an A in certain classes?</p>
<p>No because many profs won’t actually admit to having a set grading distribution.</p>
<p>Here was the distribution for Econ 51</p>
<p>Out of the initial 200 people or so in the class:
20% A- and up
30% B- to B+
50% everything else</p>
<p>However, it actually plays out much easier than that since at least a quarter of the class (those in the bottom 50%) drops out after the second midterm.</p>
<p>So around between a quarter to a third of the people who make it to the end get an A- or above.</p>
<p>Intro science curves are much harsher than intro econ curves.</p>
<p>Average set at B-, with one standard deviation above A- (roughly 16%)</p>
<p>That’s usually the quoted number, however professors generally have some leeway with regard to setting cutoffs. </p>
<p>Many of my professors prefer to find natural cutoffs in grade distribution and use that instead. Others don’t curve at all.</p>
<p>oh well.
Guess i’ll have to choose my classes by their titles.</p>
<p>Non curved classes (ie Econ) have tests that a decent percentage can make A, unlike those Math and Orgo tests with 50-60% average.</p>
<p>There are always exceptions to the rule. Fortunately they are few and far in the between.</p>
<p>ratemyprofessors.com</p>
<p>try [GradeABase.com</a> - Compare college grades and view course difficulty](<a href=“http://www.Gradeabase.com%5DGradeABase.com”>http://www.Gradeabase.com). It shows grade distributions in graphs and data like average grade recieved.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>Econ 51
[ECON</a> 51 at Duke University - Course Difficulty Ratings](<a href=“http://www.gradeabase.com/searchgrades.asp?CourseSubject=ECON&CourseNumber=51&WhereTaken=Duke%20University]ECON”>http://www.gradeabase.com/searchgrades.asp?CourseSubject=ECON&CourseNumber=51&WhereTaken=Duke%20University)</p>