<p>In intro level science courses like chemistry, physics, and biology how much do the professors typically curve on a exam?</p>
<p>Depends on the school, and avgs. in the class. But usually they curve to 80's or so, so maybe 5-10-15 points.</p>
<p>Sorry to be stupid, but what does "curve to 80's" mean? 80% is a C?</p>
<p>An 80% is usually a B- at most schools. But like I said it depends on the professor.</p>
<p>I had a 76% as my final grade in Bio last fall, but thanks to the underacheiving class I recieved a 87% as my final grade. Oh what a world!!!</p>
<p>It's compleltely up to the professor.</p>
<p>Any test that I've taken that was curved was curved to 78-80. No higher than 80, and I have had a test curved down to 80 as well.</p>
<p>Do all professors do this? I hope mine does, I recently failed my calculus midterm and I wanna get as many points as I can, especially since he says he won't drop any of our lowest grades.</p>
<p>first off, teachers usually don't make curves untill the end of the semester. Also, if the avg for the class is within a certain range, the class will most likely not be curved at all.</p>
<p>The stories i've heard of about classes being curved down are very few and far between.</p>
<p>there was a bio class here that had an average of 58 on their midterm. the professor scaled it 20 points.</p>
<p>i was in that bio class <em>cries</em> (but i got an 89 w/out the curve, so I'm not too sad)</p>
<p>my bio teacher scales it so the average is a b- (80) and my chem teacher won't tell us what the curve is, but a c- (70) last year was a 64. my calc teacher DOESN't curve...and the class average is like 68...GAH</p>
<p>oh man, an 89 is like, good. you're pretty well off in that class then.<br>
Wait, so in chem the teacher moves the curve down or something? 70 -> 64 (?!). how does that work and how come I didn't hear that (we have departmental tests). My cal teacher doesn't curve either and I have no idea what our class average is. we have Dr. Z though:).</p>
<p>EDIT: I read that statement wrong. I was rushed since I had a class to go to. 64 -> 70.</p>