Professor gave no 'A's

[TamaleShroveDoc]

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I was wondering if anyone else had an experience like this. This is an upper-division class with OChem pre-reqs, and all students were working very hard. There were 26 of us in the class. The professor graded on a curve, and curved the last test to a 72. No students made an A or an A-.

 

[efle]

That is a very harsh curve, but a C median is not unheard of from old school profs in science departments. It is odd though that in a group of 26 there were no outliers of 18+ points above average.

 

[tunicaexterna]

No - we had a B-/C+ curve but there were always A's and A-'s.

 

[salemstein]

OChem Lab at my UG was notorious for denting people's GPAs. Heres how it worked: we had about 10 sections total, ~15 kids per section. Each section could only have 1 A and 1 A-, rest were B/C/D. Man, everyday felt like an episode of The Apprentice. Also, the kids there were all smart premeds who made it through the intro weeder classes...

 

[Doudline]

The class median in my introductory Quantum Physics course was in the mid 40s, no curve.
A few students in the group of a hundred or so got an A.

It sucks, but it is what it is. Worst class I've ever taken. Old, useless prof.

 

[Lawpy]

The class median in my introductory Quantum Physics course was in the mid 40s, no curve.
A few students in the group of a hundred or so got an A.

It sucks, but it is what it is. Worst class I've ever taken. Old, useless prof.

A median in the 40s is just a case of a pathetic class taught by a garbage professor. An incredible teacher is one who can simplify the most complex of subjects into understandable terms such that students can master and appreciate the key concepts learned

Professors and universities must acknowledge that the point of classes is for students to learn and expand their knowledge base, not to massage their "professional" egos for the sake of acting tough.

 

[CodeBlu]

That sucks... but just remember. It's one grade. Don't sweat it. You won't ever think back to this when you're an M1... and you'll certainly have forgotten it all by residency. It's hard to not freak out. But, it will work out. Just keep at it. You GOT this.

 

[Doug Underhill]

I took a graduate course that had no As for four straight years. For my class (~20 students), there were no As, no A-s, and two B+s (which I did not get). This was a graduate course where C was a failing grade!

 

[moisne]

Tough lol