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<p>How hard is it to do to get yourself in the B+/A- range in the hard sciences?</p>
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<p>I find if you do about 0.6-0.8 standard deviations above the mean on the exams, you’re looking at a B+. 0.8 to about 1.0 above is A-. Anything higher than 1 standard deviation above the mean is usually an A. Just a rough estimate based on experience.</p>
<p>I had a 4.0 for two weeks! Now I’m down to a 3.75</p>
<p>If you’re talking a perfect 4.00, forget it. Like the people above said, having a teacher say “half of you will get a C+ or worse” isn’t very encouraging, and it makes the prospects of a 4.00 highly, highly unlikely. </p>
<p>This isn’t Harvard…you’re gonna have to actually work for an A</p>
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<p>Yeah definitely, my prof gave like half the class As. Although I’ve noticed from talking to some friends that your first writing portfolio will always receive a low grade, regardless of how perfect it is. This is supposedly meant to show that you have “room to improve.”</p>
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<p>Agreed, 4.0 is not possible. This has nothing to do with how smart you are; it’s just that some classes are designed to screw people over</p>
<p>Most science classes are curved to a B-. Even intro science classes. My 5 from the AP Chem test turned out to be a B in Chem 101. Harsh.</p>
<p>Just being a little more realistic… how about maintaining a 3.6 or 3.7?</p>
<p>3.6-3.7 is very doable</p>
<p>Idk if it’s “doable”. A lot depends on what school you’re in. People in Engineering tend to have lower GPA’s, people in Wharton have average GPA’s, and people in the College of Arts & Sciences tend to have higher grades. (These are exceptions, of course)</p>
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<p>The link above is what your transcript will look like, in case any prospective students are interested. If you’re gonna be pre-professional (or if you just want a flashy GPA), it’s obviously important to have consistent high grades from term to term. Anything below an A- will bring down your GPA, since a B+ is a 3.3.</p>
<p>Would it be beneficial to my GPA if I earn AP credit for some of the big core classes so that I don’t have to take it, and then work really hard at my own choices? Because I’ve heard that the grading in large lecture classes is harder than more focused ones. Or should I just forget about it and take the requirements and not bother with AP? Because I’m looking at a potential six courses I can opt out of with AP. I’m a Wharton student, and I really want to maintain an okay GPA.</p>
<p>go for AP. If nothing else, it’ll prepare you better for the workload and develop your reasoning ability / study skills.</p>
<p>I think cum laude is 3.4 and magna is 3.6. That tells you something.</p>
<p>yep, that’s correct on the gpa - latin honors</p>
<p>what gpa is required for summa cum laude?</p>
<p>Lol. BengieFranklin, I like your internet tabs on the transcript screenshot</p>
<p>Pferd: 3.8</p>
<p>Honey, I’m going to be frank with you. College was some of the best years of my life, and if I had spent it studying all the time and stressing about getting good grades all the time, it wouldn’t have been. In fact, the thing I regret the most about my college career was all the time I spent studying instead of spending time with my friends. And now I’m at Yale for grad school, so apparently my 3.56 was good enough.</p>
<p>An addendum: just in case you think I was a legacy with no ambition or some such, I was valedictorian in high school. So I do realize that it’s difficult to go from getting all As to getting Bs. Just don’t step on the compass before you first midterm. My first midterm was in Chemistry 110, Engineering Section, and I got a 31/100. And ended the class with a B+. And Thank God for that.</p>
<p>My friends keep telling me to place out of intro science classes with AP as much as possible. They claim that the higher you go, the easier it gets to receive that high grade (b/c less competition, etc.)</p>
<p>Can taking intro classes boost your GPA if you’ve “mastered” the subject? I thinking courses such as MATH104 and ECON001/002. It would also be nice to brush up on those AP classes I took junior year before moving on to more advanced courses.</p>
<p>Or should I take my AP credit and run?</p>