<p>I'll be transferring to UCSD for political science and have repeatedly been told how difficult the academics are. I am all up for a challenge but I'm worried it's going to be near impossible to get A's in my classes. I want to go to grad school so I need to do really well gpa wise and don't want to put myself in a position to do poorly.</p>
<p>It’s a UC, almost all classes are curved. So if you’re planning on getting an A, you better study your ass off and be in that top 10% or something… </p>
<p>This is a NORMAL curve btw. Not some bs CCC curve. People WILL fail. No matter what.</p>
<p>Poli Sci classes at UCSD aren’t all too difficult. Like History classes, Poli Sci classes aren’t generally curved at all. Most students get A’s and B’s. If everyone does A and B work, everyone will get A’s and B’s. Schools aren’t difficult, majors are. An engineering, bio or Math major at UCR is taking “harder” courses than a History major at UCB. By harder, I mean courses where the class as a whole generally does poorly and a curve is required to ensure the entire class doesn’t fail. Thank you, have a nice day.</p>
<p>What makes a UC harder than a CCC is the fact that class sizes are horrendous. Professors are hard to get ahold of, and many literally don’t care. I have not heard of any of my professors curving down, however. Usually, the class does such a miserable job on the tests that they are forced to curve, just as USMC said.</p>
<p>One thing I learned the hard way, is NEVER assume a class is going to be curved, even if the professor says it is. That’s how I got a C+ in one of my classes, when with a little more effort on a midterm, I could have gotten a B or better. Fortunately, I got into grad school, anyway.</p>