<p>I've been accepted into USC Marshall Biz School as a junior transfer and also UCLA and Berkeley. I'm leaning heavily towards UCLA right now because they gave me a full ride, but a lot of my friends and elders say that the career center at Marshall will get me a better job than compared to UCLA. More importantly, I applied as a sociology major for UCLA.</p>
<p>I have a very huge preference towards USC because that has been my dream school since I was in middle school. Can anyone whos doing business administration tell me if that curve is really that bad? I heard from a friend that they changed the curve from a B- up to a B and should be a lot better now. Is that true?? Is it really difficult to get an A in the upper division classes? I really want to graduate with at least a 3.5 or higher GPA. Will that be possible along with having a social life (joining a frat)?</p>
<p>The curve is not bad at all. B curve for core classes and B+ curve for electives and concentration classes. The curve is actually easy in comparison to the grade distribution in Viterbi (engineering).</p>
<p>You won't have a problem joining a frat and still graduating w/ 3.5+ if you're smart and willing to work a little.</p>
<p>Oh yeah I am very dedicated to studying.. The past two years have been nothing but class from 9-12 and then library for 3-4 hours and then class from 6-9. I'm usually in the library at least 3-4 hours a week. Would that be considered enough to get good grades if I specialized in finance??</p>
<p>It is true that th curve is changed to B at Marshall. I remember I read something about it on daily trojan</p>
<p>yeah they changed it from 2.7 to 3.0</p>
<p>I agree with bicoastal's assessment.</p>
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<p>woah... this is bad... whats the average grade in viterbi classes?</p>
<p>just wondering....is 3.0 the average? or like the top mark you can get??? is it absolutely impossible to get 4.0 average???</p>