Will CS61A be curved at all?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I'm currently taking the course (with DeNero) and the class's grading scale is pretty harsh (lose about 20 course points overall and you preclude your possibility of getting a solid A). I've been doing well in the course as far as rankings are concerned (around top 10% of the class or so) but I've lost a couple careless points in the midterms and gotten lazy point deductions for not completing homework by the time I should've (guess it's my fault for being such a lenient student). Also, the first midterm was just brutal (average was pretty low) so most people have had some pretty significant point deductions by this point in the semester. </p>

<p>Does anyone who has taken CS61A before know if the class will ever be curved in any way (e.g. by revising the grading scale, by curving on a final-score basis, etc.)? Have instructors made exceptions to this strict grading scale in the past?</p>

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<p>They say they don’t curve it. But he will change the grade boundaries until there something like
25% As, ~50%Bs, ~20%C, 5% DEF</p>

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<p>Nope he didn’t curve it last Fall. Everything was strictly based on the grade breakdown on the syllabus :/.</p>

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<p>He will curve it (aka adjust the grading scale). If you were in lecture today, he mentioned he would find a way to give back to students 10 points for the brutal first midterm.</p>

<p>If you are in the top 10%, I don’t see why you would be worried… Like Kazakia mentioned, it’s 25% A’s, of which 17-18 are solid A/A+. Your username is really true, lol. Just keep doing well on the 4th project and the final, and I think you will do just fine.</p>