<p>to all you current WashU students. How are the pre-med core courses graded at WashU?Some people told me chem 111a isn't so bad (yeah right,) others told me it's doomsday. How are grades split up for Gen Chem I and II (and Orgo I and II) as well as Bio, Chem Lab, and the other lowerlevel pre-med requirements?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Gen chem is set to a bell curve, based on each exams standard deviations (I think in chem 111 the average was considered a B, while in 112 it was a B-, but it’s all relative to the others in the class)… Similar things for bio. Physics depends on the section- 85 and up is an A (A-) in 117/118 (but there can be a curve, 197 is 90 and up (with the occasional point or two on an exam). Note- 197 has a 35% homework grade and 5% participation, while 117 isn’t quite like that.</p>
<p>As to how you’ll do in the class? You won’t know until the first exam. I owned at chem 111. 112? Not so much. But a lot of people are the exact opposite.</p>
<p>Oh, and for 111 last fall, the average on the exams was ~60.<br>
I swear, I almost up and murdered a kid when I heard him complaining about a 92 on a gen chem exam.</p>
<p>so I’ll help you out with some stats straight from the students. Wash U has course evaluations, and part of each evaluation is the student’s expected grade in the class. It’s not perfect, but it should be a pretty good indication of their actual grade. The stats shown are from all the students that filled out evalutions (i think it’s close to 80 or 90% of the class). I’ll just show you the percentage of A’s and A-'s because those are what you’re gonna need for med school. Oh yeah I’m only including Chemistry because I think that’s what our school considers its weed-out subject. Bio is fine.</p>
<p>Gen Chem 111A - with Mabbs
16.22% A’s
16.60% A-'s
with Buhro:
16.30% A’s
20.06% A-'s</p>
<p>Gen Chem 112A: Section 1
8.55% A’s
13.82% A-'s
section 2:
15.28% A’s
17.61% A-'s</p>
<p>Orgo 251:
25.00% A’s
22.16% A-'s</p>
<p>Orgo 252:
19.44% A’s
20.83% A-'s</p>
<p>Orgo lab 257:
21.83% A’s
31.47% A-'s</p>
<p>interesting</p>
<p>I don’t think those are the gen chem professors for next year…I know Loomis is one, not sure of the other. Look for his stats.</p>
<p>^It’s Mabbs and Loomis next semester. Btw, Loomis is an INCREDIBLE professor. Only reason I never fell asleep in chem 111.</p>
<p>“Thats WUt I said”- thanks for those statistics. Where do you access them? I’m matriculating this fall and am looking for info on the professors. I don’t mean to compare schools, but I remember that Northwestern had a formal, public (for students) system of professor and class ratings, and I haven’t been able to find anything similar at WashU. Something like that would be a big help for scheduling classes. Johnson191- I’ll be sure to keep Loomis on my list of professors to prioritize!</p>
<p>Loomis is by far the best professor I’ve had at Wash U. He’s incredible.</p>
<p>There is one in WashU actually, which is called class evaluations. You can access it from WebSTAC with you student account. Good luck!</p>
<p>What is considered a competitive pre-med GPA at Wash U given grade inflation/deflation? (as in having a shot at Wash U Med school and the like)</p>