How difficult is it to get a 4.0?

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Sakky, I beg to differ. I'm EECS as well, but even classes which are not officially curved end up having an average ~3.0. Of course, there are some exceptions in the fluff departments which just love everyone, believe in equality, and just sit in trees to protest the construction of our stadium.

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<p>You don't need to take my word for it. Take it from Berkeley's own findings in the undergraduate grading colloquia.</p>

<p>"In the late 1950's, the average cumulative GPA for Berkeley undergraduates was 2.50 and has increased to approximately 3.25"</p>

<p>"Of 79,791 undergraduate course grades given at UC Berkeley fall 2003, almost 50% were A's, approximately 35% were B's, and less than 5% were D's or F's. "</p>

<p>"the humanities and social sciences in many classes had all but given up on grades below a B, and in many courses below an A-, "</p>

<p><a href="http://ls.berkeley.edu/undergrad/colloquia/04-11.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ls.berkeley.edu/undergrad/colloquia/04-11.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>