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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If kids need 4.0 or 3.97 to get into Commerce school, then is the intro Econ class a weed out class?  What is the grading curve?  I imagine that many of the 1500 kids who take the prerequisite classes won't get an A?

Is there grade deflation at UVA? What about the premed classes?[/quote]

Yes, it is a hard class and is graded on a true curve.  About 150/1500 are given an A.  
My kid got an A- and otherwise has a 4.0 (taking bio 1&1, Calc 2&3, linear algebra, etc).  [/quote]

My kid got an A- in Econ also - the first time in his life he had a final grade that wasn't an A. There were definitnely times during the semester that he really struggled with the class but stuck with it and looked for resources to augment the class lectures, went to office hours etc.[/quote]

Yes, same here. We actually got my son a tutor on Wyzant--a PhD economist who has tutored kids for year.  Pulled out an A-. lol. 
It is not an easy class and they do a straight curve of the grades in the end. You are in direct competition with your peers. 
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Would you suggest an incoming freshman take micro at NoVA this summer instead?[/quote]

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