<p>how harsh are the curves/grade deflation at ucla?</p>
<p>just go to a community college… you are too woried about every little *****ing thing. You’d be more happy at a place where you already know alot of people, don’t have to move out, and can easily earn a 4.0</p>
<p>any real replies?</p>
<p>When the class average is 50, curves look nice, not harsh.</p>
<p>It depends on the class. I had one class where 4/70 got A’s, while in another 13/18 got A’s.</p>
<p>@whitecadillac lol, I think binks09 has a point though. I always see you post like a gazillion questions about <em>everything</em>. Neurotic much? (You, by any chance, pre-med? -No offense pre-meds out there, but you do have that stereotype…-)</p>
<p>(BTW, good curves depend on the class. From what I hear, the north campus classes don’t really get much of a curve, if at all. But south campus definitely has a curve. Like my math professor told me it’s practically an unofficial department thing to give at least half the students B’s.)</p>
<p>^^^ Very true, I have brown, and his policy is pretty nice… I think a couple will get c’s, if someone really did bad, c- (thats the lowest he goes unless you miss the final) and then around a third get c+, and the rest is evenly divided up the line.</p>
<p>Stop posting so many threads. You’re still in high school…</p>
<p>firstly, you don’t have to click on my threads. you don’t want to answer my questions? don’t click on my thread. pretty simple.</p>
<p>secondly, why are you guys on cc if not to help prospective students get their questions answered? unless you have questions of your own about school, but cc is MAINLY a place for students to gather insider info about colleges they’re applying to, read accounts first-hand from students, etc. so why would are you guys on here if you don’t wish to help?</p>
<p>thirdly, you might think my questions are numerous and perhaps to you irrelevant or neurotic. however, they are important to me. maybe i am more neurotic than many people, but it’s because i value certainty and confidence in every major decision i make. where i go to college is obviously a very major one. of course i will never be completely certain until i get to the school and actually attend, but every detail i learn about a school helps inform my decision. so while my questions may seem to ask about neurotic details, i certainly won’t be the kid who hasn’t done any research on the schools, picks one arbitrarily, and afterward thinks “**** this isn’t what i wanted, and i didn’t know what i was getting into!!!”</p>
<p>Try giving the neurotic spiel to future employers. Being knowledgeable is a good thing; being obsessively paranoid about every minutia is bad.</p>
<p>And keep in mind that in the end, it’s about what YOU take away from the CLASS and what YOU have learned, not how well other people do in relation to you. If all you’re worried about is what your grade is going to be, you won’t survive in south campus.</p>
<p>my questions rarely concern minutia, and i’m not paranoid. what’s there to be “paranoid” about? i’m merely interested to learn as much as i can about these places before i make a decision that will affect my life in many ways. and being aware of grade deflation is something everyone should know about the college they choose. </p>
<p>of course what I learn is the most important, but you absolutely have to keep grade deflation in mind when thinking about getting into grad schools and the like. i’d find it hard to believe if you disagree that it is a pertinent issue in this regard.</p>
<p>but luckily i’m not pre-med or any type of south campus major. film major if i can get in, english major otherwise probably.</p>
<p>Worrying about grade deflation does sound a bit like paranoia to me.</p>
<p>seriously? cuz it seems to be a big concern for people who want to get into top grad schools. it’s actually one of the hugest complaints my friends at berkeley (and people on this forum at berkeley) have about their school. someone said like a 97% in a physics class is a B+ there…that certainly brings down your gpa and makes top grad school harder to get into. so i was wondering how ucla compares in this regard.</p>
<p>Honestly, to those who were remarking about whether whitecadillac is paranoid or neurotic, that’s pretty uncalled for. First of all, I don’t think this question is in any way irrelevant. Grade deflation can be a major factor when computing one’s grade. This is obvious from comments such as dinoian’s (above) where he said that in one class, 4/70 received A’s and in another 13/18 received A’s. Whitecadillac’s just thorough, and if he wants to obtain as much information as possible about a prospective college choice, then more power to him. </p>
<p>I thinks it’s remarkable that people can criticize another for merely being astute and curious about the classroom and/or grade deflation. Obviously whitecadillac is concerned about his future in regards to where he wants to go to school, and he felt compelled to ask about this matter.</p>
<p>Yes, I have read some of whitecadillac’s other posts and can plainly see that he asks a lot of questions. Nonetheless, I think the things he asks are relevant, at least they certainly are to him, and that’s all that matters. </p>
<p>I think that overall he’s conscientious. He’s not paranoid or neurotic. </p>
<p>Also, I’m fulfilling premed requirements, and I can assure you all that the stereotype mentioned above (although I found it humorous) is not generally true and cannot be grossly misapplied to someone who asks questions on a college counseling website, especially because he gave no indication whatsoever that he is a premed.</p>
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<p>But when someone says that, you might want to think about whether it’s really true</p>
<p>how should i know how things work at berkeley? yeah it sounds outrageous but who knows, really. no one disputed that tidbit when it was mentioned; subsequent people continued complaining about the harsh curves. </p>
<p>and thank you so much, emilsinclair! i really appreciate your support and obvious understanding of both my goals on this website and the overall goal of this website to help inform prospective students. :)</p>
<p>No problem, I understand where you’re coming from. I’m currently a transfer applicant as well. Hopefully next fall I’ll be seeing you at Cal or LA! Good luck.</p>
<p>Whitecadillac: It’s finals week so that’s why I think most ucla cc’ers on this thread are giving you that nasty attitude. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>@binks09: Harsh, but I agree.
@yahooo: Probably true, but still, this is getting a little old.</p>
<p>@whitecadillac: In an effort to postpone studying for my 2 finals tomorrow, I have searched through at least some of the threads you have started since joining CC in October 2009.</p>
<p>They’re all the same thing on different college threads. You’ve posted in Berkeley, UCLA, USC, Stanford, Tufts, Davis, Cornell, Yale, Brown, Columbia, Penn, Harvard, Middlebury, Princeton, Amherst, Wesleyan, Northwestern, and possible several others.</p>
<p>Most of your threads are asking for an honest portrait of the above schools. Why do you need people to tell you what to think of these places? When I applied for colleges and got in, I didn’t listen to anyone’s opinion except my parents’. Visit the campuses (campii?) and decide for yourself because only you know what’s best for you.</p>
<p>Also, don’t worry about the details. Who cares what the homework is like at UCLA vs. UC Davis? You’ll do fine anywhere and it really depends on the professors. For example, my EE1 homework is optional. We don’t turn it in. On the other hand, some other EE1 professors assign mandatory homework. It is also up to the sole discretion of the professor which textbook is used. There is absolutely no way to gauge the amount of work you have to put in at one school vs. another because the work load even varies within schools themselves.</p>
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My opinion, you’re worrying too much. Stop living in the future and live in the present for a few months while your applications are processed. Then visit the schools you got into and figure out which one feels right. You’ll be fine and happy wherever you go, trust me.
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<p>It would appear that I didn’t answer your question…</p>
<p>There’s not many harsh curves from the stuff I’ve taken, they’re mostly generous. I’ve taken the intro physics courses, lower div math, and lower div comp sci.</p>
<p>Most math classes have this breakdown:
AT LEAST 25% get A
AT LEAST 33% get B
That’s all I know.</p>
<p>Also GEs (if they’re curved) aren’t too bad.</p>