<p>I heard that Wharton has a forced curve for many courses. 20% A, 40% B,30% D,10% below.</p>
<p>Is this true? Do all courses have this curve? What is the average GPA at Wharton?</p>
<p>C's are vaild grades, so by that alone it cannot be corect.</p>
<p>lol...
yes, in general the forced distribution is 20A 40B 30C and 10D/F, but professors have SOME leeway, and some dpts don't adhere to this.</p>
<p>I think in general most of the Bs are B's however.</p>
<p>the AVG gpa at graduation is 3.33. It probably hits its lowest after sophomore year, and then has a slight climb back up to 3.33 (in general) not all course have this distribution however.</p>
<p>As a general rule, the classes with the strictest curves are those in the frosh and soph years. In those core classes professors have little authority to give more than 20% A's. That's why people say the soph year is difficult because you take all the core finance, accounting, stat etc. classes and are on a very tight curve. In contrast, in the upper level classes which you take junior and senior year, professors can modify the curve slightly--so they can give 25% A's instead of 20% etc. and give only 5% D/Fs etc. Also, in an effort to boost their GPA, lots of juniors and seniors take classes in smaller departments that are known not to adhere to the curve very stringently. Generally, most of the B region of the curve is a solid B [instead of B+s or B-s], but lots of the 20% A's are actually A-. Most Wharton students will tell you that its pretty easy to get a B in any Wharton class--all you have to do is show up and listen, but to get an A you really have to work hard and master all the details.</p>
<p>To get an A, all you have to do is beat your classmates at exams. which doesn't necessarily include going to class or working hard.</p>
<p>It just requires some study for exams, particularly off of old exams.</p>
<p>I hope I don't get a bunch of geniuses in my classes then.</p>
<p>Hey Legend,
I thought you going to the college, not Wharton.</p>
<p>There is no OFFICIAL Wharton curve. All classes aren't curved, especially upper level courses and smaller classes. The core will definitely be curved but that just makes common sense - professors need a way to evaluate the ENTIRE class of 500+ students so what better way than on a bell curve.</p>
<p>Don't waste your time in college worrying about curves. Just study and try your best. If you are worried about how you are doing or if you don't understand the material, go to office hours and/or get a tutor. But don't let curves consume you. It's just silly.</p>
<p>does the same apply to the other colleges, especially SEAS?</p>
<p>so how tough will finance101 be as a freshman</p>
<p>FNCE101 is an Econ course, cross registered as ECON101 (or 102). A curve/distribution may not apply.</p>
<p>The curve does apply to Finance 101 because it is a core class. FNCE 101 is a monetary economics class, so its taught just like an other econ class [with a few additional concepts about the stock market, current interest rates etc]; its not really a finance class in that you aren't doing valuations, net present value etc. Its a class that you could take as a freshman and do well in, assuming you have had at least 1 econ class in high school.</p>
<p>yeah, I want to take an econ class, but the econ101 timeslot doesnt fit my schedule (well, the honors class does but I don't know if I want to take that) and neither does the econ102. I took ap econ in hs and it wasnt bad, so hopefully this wont be either. I am an mse major but there arent any other engineering classes that fit my schedule</p>
<p>I don't think they let freshmen in to FNCE 101 because it is a core class and shouldn't be taken until sophomore year. You can try, but they'll probably weed you out :)</p>
<p>Whartonalum is right in that frosh usually are not allowed in core classes. However, sign up for it and see if you get in. If its automatically dropped from your schedule, the advisors will still let you in if you have so many AP credits that you're ahead of the pack and would like to start the core curriculum rather than take a SAS elective; normally they will make an exception and allow you to take FNCE 101, Stat 101-102 as a freshman if your AP status allows it. I know they really wouldn't let you take FNCE 100 [corp finance] as a freshman even if you had enough AP credits because they're usually afraid that you won't be able to keep up.</p>
<p>They'll steer you into OPIM, LGST, BPUB, and even MKTG before they let you take FNCE 101. I wouldn't bother signing up for that as a freshman. You'll be dubbed as "that kid."</p>
<p>Whartonalum: megamike is a SEAS student tho', so maybe they would let him just take the econ class?</p>
<p>ECON 101 and FNCE 101 are two separate classes. I think ECON classes fill up really fast so there might not even be space. Other than that, I have no idea how SEAS advisors are... but I think they are more anal than Wharton advisors because the requirements are stricter. Again, I'm not sure though.</p>
<p>we dont get our advisors until nso - the problem is I don't really have room in my schedule for any seas related class because they are at weird times - finance101 is like econ102 (macro).</p>