<p>I've been trying to search for the actual curve, like what percentage of a class actually get As, Bs, etc....but I only found some syllabuses online that keep saying that the class will follow the University of Southern Californias Marshall Business School Policy. But WHAT IS the policy for the curve? None of the course descriptions say it...</p>
<p>I believe [?]they eliminated the curve at marshalll a couple of years ago?</p>
<p>the curve is usually a 3.0 (from the biz classes ive taken)</p>
<p>Generally, each class is curved according to how the individual professor wants to do it.</p>
<p>here’s the 2008 thread regarding dropping the Marshall college wide curve</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/449334-no-more-curve-usc-marshall.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-southern-california/449334-no-more-curve-usc-marshall.html</a></p>
<p>they dropped the mandatory curve as the article states; the professor can set whatever he or she wants</p>
<p>Yes, i read that they dropped the mandatory curve. But i read that most professors still implement some type of curve. Marshall still wants the average GPA to be around 3.0 instead of the old target of 2.8. I jsut think that this inconsistency hurts Marshall students b/c employers won’t know/care about class curves b/c the mandatory curve is gone but most professors still use a curve…</p>
<p>For current students, can u tell me how many people get As, Bs, Cs, in a class (in general). Like 5%, 10%, 15% etc…</p>
<p>It varies by Professor. Try looking up the syllabus of some of the business classes in their online course catalog.</p>
<p>Effectively, things haven’t changed that much.</p>
<p>Under the old scheme (avg=2.8) late term withdraws were included in the average at a low figure (1 or 0). Under the current scheme, withdraws are not considered when calculating the class average. Professors may assign averages above the 2.9-3.1 range, but that’s an exception. Professors who teach multiple sections of the same class during the same semester can, I believe, average across all sections.</p>
<p>Even under the old scheme there was not a fixed distribution, just an average. It is my understanding that under the current system there is still a target range for the average, but there may be some greater flexibility. The shape of the distribution is left up to the professor.</p>
<p>I don’t think that this hurts Marshall students. There wouldn’t be much value to GPAs above 3.0 if everyone had one. Restraint on grade inflation preserves the value of the certificate.</p>
<p>It can be a shock for some students though. Because of selective admission, students arrive unaccustomed to earning average grades. But it’s not University of Lake Wobegon. The business world is far less generous. What do you suppose the second best sales proposal or advertising campaign pitch gets?</p>
<p>the business curve is not very harsh. if you’re worried about the curve being set at a 3.0, just be glad you aren’t a science major!</p>
<p>So when they say that the curve is at 3.0, does that mean that the “mean” is 3.0 or the “median” is at 3.0? So is a 3.0 equal to a B-?</p>
<p>So half the class gets at least a B- or higher and half the class gets lower than a B-?</p>
<p>Does anyone know how the curve is at Viterbi? I got in a Computer Science major and I’m worried the curve is gonna kill me.</p>