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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Purdue has very harsh grading in STEM fields. Not deflation necessarily but a curve is needed so that over half of the class does not fail. For example, the average on this semester’s first physics exam was in the 40s. And these are bright kids taking these exams. Average on my son’s Calc 3 (Multivariable calc) final last semester - again in the 40s. [/quote] Wow. . . . what did the average end up being with a curve?[/quote] The true curve is not released until after the final exams but in classes like this 88 usually curves to A-. A C would usually settle in around a 67. It is a TOUGH school and takes STEM/Engineering seriously. Graduating kids know their stuff. [/quote] But how does this play for grad school apps? Compared against not as tough school (recognizing that is subjective)? These kids come out with a C in a STEM class and another school a B or A?[/quote]
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