Anon studies Organic Chemistry
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You still "need" people to fail, so
No, you don't. That's not how a curve works, the curve merely improves scores. If a curve would lower scores, it's not used.
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I don't think the curve goes the other way tho. If everyone for above an 80 or so that doesn't mean 80 becomes a failing grade. Although tbh I'm not sure about that because I don't think I ever participated in an exam that had that happen.
I've never seen or heard of that being a case.
The closest is test scores for admissions where the score is irrelevant and only the top X get in. But that's made apparent at the outset, whereas a curve is done after the fact if people do poorly.
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organic chem(for life science majors, the one for scientists is more harder) was brutal in my CC, surprisingly, and i found out they made stem courses extremely ivy league level on purpose, because a UC said so or they wont accept transfer students with an "easy grade" i think its bs to keep students perpetually in the school to continue paying for admission.
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My first introduction to this bullshit was calculus. Teacher bragged about only passing halve his students. Like my man... that ain't the brag you think it's is 1, 2 this is a fucking prereq for the vast vast majority of us!
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I don't think the curve goes the other way tho. If everyone for above an 80 or so that doesn't mean 80 becomes a failing grade. Although tbh I'm not sure about that because I don't think I ever participated in an exam that had that happen.
I have never once had an exam graded on a curve. But I've never done any post grad studies, although from what my PhD holding mom says, it's more of less just a pass/fail system.
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No, you don't. That's not how a curve works, the curve merely improves scores. If a curve would lower scores, it's not used.
Not what they did for us.
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i think multiple-choice-exams* are even better because they're corrected by a machine by scanning the checkboxes and saying either "yes" or "no". it's 100% fair and also really effective.
* where applicable
Our exam system supports multiple choice and, indeed, collecting that part automatically. (We can still go through the boxes recognized as tick or blank en-masse to check for recognition mistakes.) However, they're only allowed to make up 20% of an exam according to university-wide rules.
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Each college does it differently. Some allow professors to choose research vs teaching, some require a fixed balance.
Never heard of being able to choose
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Never heard of being able to choose
Yup. Some have research-only professors, and some expect all professors to teach classes. It really depends on the university.
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Not what they did for us.
Do you have more details? Because I've never heard of a curve being used to hurt students in a class, only to help make up for a bad exam.
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Yup. Some have research-only professors, and some expect all professors to teach classes. It really depends on the university.
Ah, I misunderstood. Yeah, that’s common, but not a choice, they are different types of positions, with different fundings usually. You can’t switch between them
