<p>Talk to the Ross students about curve grading. When my friend taught over there, she hated that aspect of it. She'd have a class full of students who were all doing excellent work, and she'd had to give some of them lower grades than she felt they deserved (because of the requirements that grades fall across a distribution).</p>
<p>Hi CCRunner123: Everything you have said is correct when you interpret literally the comments no 4. made by my friend. I put his comments into context, and what he really meant was not to leave holes in foundation courses. When one has a solid foundation in math and general sciences, he is likely better prepared to tackle more challenging subjects with confidence. I do not know about the requirements in your school; at my university general chemistry is the prerequisite for orgo. It is true that one can just have done AP chemistry before going into orgo, and each individuals strengths and comfort level also vary. When someone struggles in certain subjects in college, it is often not that he/she is not smart enough, but because the overall academic preparations may not be truly solid across the board. When students got into tough colleges bullet-proof but some of them later drop out or flunk in, there are some lessons for me to ponder.</p>