<p>just out of curiosity, how bad does it get?
i currently go to University of Toronto, and avg on every test so far have been C to D after the bellcurve. but that's because many people at University of Toronto are not as brilliant as students at cornell(although we have some students are really top notch).
can someone describe how bad it gets at cornell?
are the grading fair?
a question for science students, how many hours of classes+labs do you have per week?
and are the drop out rate really as high as 30%?</p>
<p>The averages for the freshmen calculus exams have been 50-70 usually... the courses get curved to a B or B-</p>
<p>in the freshman biology for science majors and pre-med students, it is curved STRICTLY to a B- or C+, meaning 50 percent gets C, D, and F.</p>
<p>in the ilr school, the grades aren't usually curved, but the teachers try to make the tests and courses difficult enough to where a few students get A's, a bunch more get B's, the majority get C's, and the rest get D's and F's.</p>
<p>The grading is harsh but fair. Even the best students will collect a few B's during their Cornell career but it's very possible to achieve 3.8+ GPA's if you're intelligent and work hard.</p>
<p>Anyone from hotel school know anything about this? I've heard it's no where near as bad for us as it is for Bio majors or Engineering, but what is it like?</p>
<p>ive heard its not very difficult to do well in hotel school but im not totally sure</p>
<p>ya same. Are there any current hotel students that come on these boards?</p>
<p>Don't worry about grade deflation.</p>
<p>The school publishes median scores for your classes right next to your grade on the transcript. People looking at your transcript are going to know that your difficult classes were difficult.</p>
<p>Grading is tough, however, it is possible to do well! You will need to work. . .but a good GPA at Cornell is worth a lot. Grad schools and employers know that Cornell is hard. . .don't let fears of a low GPA prevent you from rising to the challenge. Oh, and don't let intro classes get you down, they're curved harshly, but do your best and things work out in the end.</p>
<p>How hard is it to just pull off like a 3.2 or so.</p>
<p>Depends ENTIRELY on your major.</p>
<p>grade deflation is pretty big in intro classes for bio majors (bio 101-103 chem 207-8), in that the classes are curved to B-/C+ and its very hard to do well. For example, on every bio prelim and the final I was around 1 standard deviation above the mean, but ended up with a B+ (which isnt terrible, but only comes out to a 3.3 gpa). In chem, I was 1/2 standard deviation above the mean on each test, but somehow ended up with a B-, which comes out to a 2.7 but since its a 4 credit class this killed my gpa. So my gpa now only stands at a 3.0, even though I had a relatively successful semester, which is very discouraging</p>
<p>Do you think I should major in something like psychology instead of biology so that my GPA will be higher (based on the assumption I am interested in both just as much)?</p>
<p>Umm... if you're equally interested now, you should take classes in both before making that decision. And you're probably going to want to make that decision as a career choice too...</p>
<p>I've taken classes in both and I want to go to medical school. Is it easier to get a higher GPA in pschology than biology?</p>
<p>i would be more worried about grade inflation than deflation.</p>
<p>is their deflation for the government department?</p>
<p>i took the intro government class, there is no grade deflation. The way they try to do it--80 percent get some type of B, 10 percent get an A, and 10 percent get a C. That is not grade deflation.</p>
<p>anyone know how the grading is for AEM???</p>
<p>AEM is not grade deflated either, all of the median grades in those courses hover between B+ and A-.</p>