How hard is it to maintain good grades?

Colleges and Universities A-Z New York University
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Hey guys!

The major I want to go into at NYU (CAS) is an “honors major,” meaning my GPA would need to stay at a 3.65. Given that he grading scale sets an A- as a 3.7 and a B+ as a 3.3, would this be ridiculously hard to achieve? The website says that for most classes, especially the CAS core, only about 10-20% of the students get As, and that the most common grade is a B. Is this true, in your experience? I’m anticipating it to be hard, of course, but I’d like to know if I would have any time at all to enjoy myself or if I would have to just study constantly, all the time.

Thanks in advance!

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I went to Tisch and only took a few classes in CAS, but based on my experience, I’d say that it’s totally doable and you wouldn’t have to kill yourself to do it.

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@sittle that’s really helpful, thanks! :slight_smile: