<p>St. Andrews:</p>
<p>Does your brother-in-law’s course have a mandatory curve? Can 50% of the students receive an A, similar to many hume/lit courses? Or, are the tests designed such that the mean is a ~70 (or worse)?</p>
<p>If so = weeder. It’s a distinction without a difference. Indeed, your BIL’s rationale is to reduce the number eligible for pharm school, so they won’t be dispensing medicine to him or his family. There is no such attempt in Lit/hume to reduce the number of students eligible for law school, for example, by forcing the mean to a C+.</p>