<p>like what percentage (estimated) of undergrad students (i don't mean specific majors) get a 3.85 GPA or better? </p>
<p>is it really hard to attain?</p>
<p>also, does UCSD give +/- grades. </p>
<p>and do they do the system where like only 10% of the class is allowed to have an A, and 20% a B and 50% a C and 20% D and 10%F?</p>
<p>Well, it's a (pretty much) bell-curve shaped around a 3.0average (2.8 from other sources)...you do the math. I don't know the standard deviation. I'd say 5% with >3.85 from my guesses.</p>
<p>Depends on your major, study habits, effort, etc. Seriously...when will people stop asking this. :(</p>
<p>yes. for most professors.</p>
<p>no, it's a left skewed distribution with the average around 2.7 (B-/C+ cutoff). probably 10-15% D/F's and those are the people who never went to class, skipped a midterm or two, didn't turn in assignments, etc. (usually.)</p>
<p>What does it matter how many people get 3.85+.....</p>
<p>If you work and get a 3.85, then good for you, why do you need to be "comforted" by knowing how many people have it...</p>
<p>Over 9000.</p>
<p>thecampusbuddy.com</p>
<p>for science courses, roughly 15% of students get an A/A+. for those taking the humanities sequence (revelle req.), about 3% of students are given an a A/A+...</p>
<p>What is it that makes humanities so hard?</p>
<p>i'm just trying to assess how realistic it is to try to get a 3.85 or higher, because on the law school forum that seems like the bare minimum to get into law school
and if its like unheard of to get 3.85 or higher than id like to know</p>
<p>Your law school forum is wayyyyy wrong. Even NYU and Columbia average admit GPA is under 3.85</p>
<p>"What is it that makes humanities so hard?"</p>
<p>Subjective grading.</p>
<p>Collegemom,</p>
<p>The humanities referred to above is the Revelle Humanities Sequence for GE, not the general area of the humanitites.</p>
<p>Subjective grading is the norm outside the hard sciences but it shouldn't discourage people from getting high marks in their classes.</p>
<p>Humanities at revelle technically is not hard. The reason for low grades: Apparently, it was leaked out that the department advises the TAs to NOT give out As as much as possible. So it's likely that you write a pretty good essay and receive a B+. Thats why everyone hates the class. The prompts honestly aren't even hard, but the TAs grade your essay like its a masters thesis or something. I really don't like how the program is run..</p>
<p>" TAs grade your essay like its a masters thesis or something."
LOL, that just made my night</p>
<p>At UCSD, 3% (+/-1%) of students graduate with a 3.85+. Based on the average class size of 4000 students, you can do the calculation easily.</p>
<p>I choose to keep my source secret, but the figure is accurate. =]</p>
<p>@dbanooza:</p>
<p>100% categorically false, wrong, not true. There is no rule stated, or otherwise, that As cannot be given in the Humanities program. Indeed, the annual winner of the Christine Norris Award in the Humanities program is usually chosen from a batch of 15 or more students who have scored straight As through the entire program.</p>
<p>In other words, many many students get As in the Revelle Humanities Program. While the Hum program won’t give out exact numbers, a typical ratio (throughout all five quarters of the sequence) is 45% Bs, 35% Cs, 15% As, with Ds, Fs and Withdrawals accounting for the balance.</p>
<p>Or so I hear…</p>
<p>its BECAUSE of the +/- system that I have only met 1-2 people in the school with over a 3.85…</p>
<p>You are gonna spend some long weekends with you desklamp if you want that overall GPA as a science major.</p>
<p>Personally I find humanity courses harder because of the TA’s grade scale.</p>
<p>here’s info for latin honors (the cum laude business); do the math. but you can see it’s less than 14% of all students.</p>
<p>“There shall be a campuswide requirement for the award of college honors at graduation. No more than fourteen percent of the graduating seniors on campus shall be eligible for college honors. Normally, no more than the top two percent shall be eligible for summa cum laude and no more than the next four percent for magna cum laude, although minor variations from year to year shall be permitted. The remaining eight percent are eligible for cum laude. The ranking of students for eligibility for college honors shall be based upon the grade point average. In addition, to be eligible for honors, a student must receive letter grades for at least 80 quarter units of course work at the University of California. Each college may award honors at graduation only to those who are eligible to receive college honors.”</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>"College honors are awarded according to the top 14% standard adopted by the Academic Senate. The GPA range changes each academic year. To be eligible for honors, a student must receive letter grades for at least 80 quarter units of course work at a UC campus.</p>
<p>The criteria for Latin Honors for Fall 2008- Summer 2009 is as follows:<br>
Cum Laude: 3.624 3.774
Magna Cum Laude: 3.775 3.888
Summa Cum Laude: 3.889 4.00</p>
<p>[LSAT</a> and GPA in Law School Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentdoc.com/law-schools.php]LSAT”>http://www.studentdoc.com/law-schools.php)</p>