<p>Does anyone know what the average has been curved to in years past for CHEM 102A? I have heard rumors that it is curved to an 80% (right on the C+/B- border). I have also heard that it has been curved to an 85% before. Can anyone confirm either one of these?</p>
<p>it's to an 80.</p>
<p>Woah.. what does this mean? Is it harder or easier to make an A in the class? I want to do a chem major and, if I am accepted, I plan on taking this course my Freshman year. Some elaboration on this would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>The curve is a good thing. For instance, I currently have a 77% in the class. The average person has a 70%. If the average is curved up to an 80%, then 10% (80%-70%) will be added to each person's grade. This would therefore put me at an 87% (77%+10%).</p>
<p>Yeah the curve generally helps.</p>
<p>if the average grade is above 80% then do they deflate the grades?</p>
<p>the average grade will definitely not be above 80%</p>
<p>they don't curve to an 80. they have a bell curve. and they downcurve for A's. Case in point: the class avg. last year was below an 80 (slightly) and i had a 93.5 and still got an A-.</p>
<p>eh, slipstream99, I had the exact problem. I asked my teacher and he said that for an A you had to get a flat 94+. Plus, they do not round. So I guess we didn't get lucky....</p>
<p>plus, I should add that if the average is say 10 points below an 80 (just hypothetically), they will not "just add" 10 points to everyone's grade. The higher your average, the less points you will get added.</p>
<p>why do they even do this? doesn't this give smarter people a hard time and less smart people an easier ride?</p>
<p>so its a curved curve then? the more standard deviations below the average you are, the more your score is curved and the more standard deviations above the average you are, the less it is curved? Is this correct?</p>
<p>I believe that they do it to give everyone a boost (and to help pull people out of failing). If they didn't curve the curve then I suppose it would be possible for someone to get above a 100%, giving them a grade point of above 4.0 for that course...</p>
<p>I believe that they do it to give everyone a boost (and to help pull people out of failing). If they didn't curve the curve then I suppose it would be possible for someone to get above a 100%, giving them a grade point of above 4.0 for that course...</p>
<p>I think that is correct.</p>
<p>They do it because the deans don't like too many A's and the paying customers (parents) don't like any F's.</p>
<p>Professor Phillips, my Chem 102A teacher, told me after class one day that the class average gets rounded to an 80% and then all extra credit from quizzes and in class clicker questions are added on top of the test average.</p>
<p>They definitely rounded. I had a B- when I averaged my grades, but my grade report has a B+.</p>
<p>my son is a freshman at vanderbilt 2010. First exam 18 of the 60 in his class got a 30 or worse he was in the 50s. Since then he has not been under an 82. If he ends marking period around 77 raw score do they really curve this course. Thank you for your input.</p>