Hi,
I go to the University of Minnesota and my calc 2 professor is curving the class in a sort of unfair way. The A range is from 89-100%, while the B-range is from 61-88. Something that bothers me about this is that someone could try really hard and end up with an 88, getting the same GPA as someone who didn’t try as much who ended up with a 61. Is this fair?
There has to be some cutoff. It seems fair to me.
I’d worry about maximizing your own grade and learning, not worrying about it in comparison to others. I don’t really see college grades as some competition.
I took several engineering and science classses in college where the professors gave very challenging exams. Exams were then graded on a curve based off the performance of the class. The top performers got As, the next group Bs and so on based on the distribution of grades.
I took several exams where a grade in the 60s was an A.
The approach by your professor seems fair to me.
And it doesn’t matter what you think, anyway. The professor can grade however he/she wants to.
imo, yes. But, to quote Faye Dunaway in Mommie Dearest: “Ah, but nobody ever said life was fair, Tina.”
If “someone” tries really hard and manages to pull their grade up to an 89, are they going to go argue for a B, because an A wouldn’t be fair to those who earned it with a 96? This is as fair as the standard 90-100 A, 80-89 B, etc. It’s just a different scale.