<p>Is it easy to get As? And if it is, how well did you do in high school?</p>
<p>No, it is not easy to get As, especially as an engineer. I usually get As in only 1/3 of my classes; the rest are Bs and Cs. I wasn't that good in high school - ranked in the middle of my class in a rather competitive private school.</p>
<p>^ agreed - it depends on the class, but for the most part, it isn't all that easy to get As. You will have to work for them, and sometimes all the work you can put in won't be enough :)
But you should expect that from a university - don't expect to have a 4.0 (like most top high schoolers do) in college.</p>
<p>eh. how would u compare university classes to AP courses? a lot more harder, a bit harder, or about the same? i kno this kinda depends on the class but for most of my AP classes the curve is 2-4 As, equal number of Bs and Cs, and 3 or so Ds. this is for a class of 32 or so.</p>
<p>HAHA there is no comparison whatsoever. Any high school student taking AP classes that think they are taking a class that is actually the equivalent of a university class is deluding him/herself.</p>
<p>well, my cousin goes to UCLA and says his economics class has 300 people in it. He says that there is sum classes with even more. Well, with all those students, there is no connection with the professor. So, i guess it will be harder to get A's than schools dat have lower faculty to student ratio.</p>
<p>In AP Bio we read the entire Campbell Biology book from front to back, and learned absolutely everything within it. So I'd say that's comparable to a college course.</p>
<p>^ so? Do you think that you need a personal connection with the professor to get an A? Because that is definitely not the case.</p>
<p>sorry, that was directed to rexrun</p>
<p>omg aim78 me too!! we r doing the WHOLE campbell book and its REALLY long. and Icarus, i wouldnt be so quick to judge AP cirriculum anyways because it depends on the class too, much like in college.</p>
<p>so im guessing its like AP Bio x 4/quarter?</p>
<p>and to aim78: the thing is, in a university class, you would go through all of that material (and more, probably), in much more depth, in only 10 weeks. So my point stands that no, it isn't like a college course.</p>
<p>I can judge it because I've been through it (and IB classes), and now through two years of university classes. :) Neither compare.</p>
<p>Math 31A was exactly the same as my high school AP Calculus class. All of the other introductory-level classes I've taken here, however, were slightly more comprehensive than the AP-level classes taught at my high school. Especially Chem 20A. :(</p>
<p>truMp, coming from someone who went to a high school around the same caliber as yours, it should be manageable to get A's and B's. it's tough to get straight A's at UCLA.. an A- is a 3.7 (same at almost every other college). so to get a pure "A," thats really tough. i believe something around 3.6+ is cum laude. the AVERAGE GPA is 3.1 and much lower (2.8) for the pre-med majors.</p>
<p>^ but again, you're going through the entire AP curriculum in 10 weeks</p>
<p>man this is a hot thread, I can't to the "^" thing anymore :p</p>
<p>10 weeks only? is that quarter? i cant possibly imagine going thru bio ap with just 10 weeks. u even kno how much reading that is...</p>
<p>exactly...</p>
<p>but no homeowkr right? hahaha seriously tho in bio, its just homework... i wouldnt mind reading the material but..</p>
<p>oh kfc4u, or anyone, what r pre-med majors at ucla??</p>