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Originally Posted by TM875
However, if you're a Bio or Engineering person, a C is about top in your class.
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Wow, C at the top is really harsh. I guess our profs are more generous here. I just got a bachelors in mechanical engineering and needless to say quite a few engineering friends graduated with a 3.7-3.8 GPA.
Throughout our time in college, Cs werent too good. For tough freshmen courses like differential equations, Cs put you in the 50-60 percentile. By the time we started junior courses, Cs put you in the lower 10-25 percentile because a lot of the people you did better than during those freshmen courses have dropped out. In order to take junior courses, people had to have a minimum of 2.5 GPA for your freshmen and sophomore courses. On our system, A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0.
As far as grading goes, I noticed that curving was quite common. If a set quota of As and Bs was not met at the end of the term, a curve was applied until the quota was met. If As and Bs were far exceeded the quota, no action was taken and everyone got what they earned.