So I wasn’t really sure if this should be posted here, because none of the other threads seem to be similar, but here it is anyway: I was wondering about how the Mathematics Department curves its grades. 'Cause one of my classmates said that the professors do it section-by-section, a guy on myedu said it was standardized and the same across all of the classes, and someone on Facebook said they don’t curve at all. I actually have like a score in the high eighties in my class right now without the final, and I’m not feeling too good about it. Maybe if there’s a curve, I could make an A…
I took around 18 math courses at UT (graduated last spring) and the curving was mostly different depending on the professor and how well the class did. I’ve seen all different types of curving strategies from various professors as well as no curving from some of them. Generally, if the class grades were horrible, the professor would curve but I’ve had a few math courses where grades were bad and there was no curve. Some professors are more lenient with curving than others. I don’t think there’s a way to generalize within the math department about a curving scheme.
Thanks! So what’s a “horrible grade”? Seventies? Sixties?
It was common for my math exams with an exam average of below 70 to be curved. Exam averages of 70-76 or so were sometimes curved. Any higher is rarely curved. Depends entirely on the professor, though. Some professors won’t even curve an exam that had a class average of 68. Never try to rely on the possibility of a curve if you can.
Yeah, I agree. Thanks!