<p>I just got my results back for my first midterm in my electrical engineering class. The teacher posted the grade distribution for the class today. There are around 95 students total in my class. Approximately 45 students scored below 60%. The average grade for the whole class on the midterm was 59%. </p>
<p>Here’s the rough breakdown:</p>
<p>A’s and B’s: around 20 students</p>
<p>C’s: around 15 students</p>
<p>D’s and F’s: around 60 students</p>
<p>That means only 2 out of 10 students are able to pull off either an ‘A’ or ‘B’. That’s some fuggin brutal stats.</p>
<p>Is that even a possible grade layout? If the class is using a curve with standard deviations than there's no way you can have more d's and f's than c's. I guess you're talking about the non-curved results, which most likely will end up being curved so don't worry..</p>
<p>Yes, that is the non-curved results. I scored a 78 out of 100 points. Any guess as to how much boost my grade would receive? The teacher said that the standard deviation was 18.9</p>
<p>78% is really good considering the average was 59%. You're one full standard deviation above the average. I'd say that puts you as a high B or low A.</p>
<p>It takes awhile to get used to curved grades, but you'll soon learn to love them.</p>
<p>It depends on the professor, but generally a good rule of thumb is that for every standard deviation away from the mean you are, that's one grade level higher than the average you are. So if the mean score is a 60, and the average grade is a C+, and the Std.Dev is 20, if you score an 80 you are one Std.Dev above average, so you would be around a B+.</p>