<p>Does anyone here know how hard, in terms of college and grades, UT at Austin or Texas A&M are?</p>
<p>Fewer than 3% of their student bodies are out-of-state. Are you a resident of Texas?</p>
<p>I am a resident, but my concern is if the workload is easy?</p>
<p>no.. work load is insane. really. insane and half of all students get C's and D's</p>
<p>Are you kidding?</p>
<p>Beramod is quite right. Most public universities have a 20-30-40-10 grading scheme. 20% get As, 30% get Bs, 40% get Cs and 10% fail. I know Michigan works that way. That's why 3.5 students can get into most top 7 or 8 MBA programs, 3.7 students can get into most top 5 or 6 Engineering programs, top 8 or 9 Medical schools or top 6 or 7 Law schools.</p>
<p>What are you taking about Alexandre?...Michigan does not work on that scheme at all...it completely depends on the professors (both my parents teach at U of M)...I do know that the average GPA at Michigan at LSA is a 3.1 (its harder in the sciences but around a 2.5 in the eng school)...</p>
<p>That is correct Safiamilke, each professor at Michigan has his or her own grading scheme. But the 20-30-40-10 scheme, although not official or mendated, is very popular at Michigan. Most professors I had graded on that curve.</p>
<p>I really dont like those types of curves (bell curves?). Then again, I like regular curves, but I know that isn't fair really either.</p>