Bellcurve?

[cleverusername]

Hey guys,

 

 

Does Calgary undergrad bellcurve grades? Also, would someone mind posting the % required for each letter grade? I only found the letter grade list on google.

 

 

Thanks.

[FacelessMage]

There is no set letter grade distribution for the university as a whole. Each department individually sets its own % for each letter grade, and this coudl even vary by course within the department (junior courses have different cutoffs from senior level courses). A general cutoff I've seen is 80% for a B, 85% for A-, 90% for A, and 95% for A+ (language courses have a much more brutal grade scheme than this, psychology required a 96% for an A+).

 

Some departments/courses will bellcurve grades. I think the only course where this happened for me was PHYS 221. I think math courses might also curve their grades as the grade cutoffs were arbitrary (they set them for each individual course section from what the TA told me).

[cleverusername]

There is no set letter grade distribution for the university as a whole. Each department individually sets its own % for each letter grade, and this coudl even vary by course within the department (junior courses have different cutoffs from senior level courses). A general cutoff I've seen is 80% for a B, 85% for A-, 90% for A, and 95% for A+ (language courses have a much more brutal grade scheme than this, psychology required a 96% for an A+).

 

Some departments/courses will bellcurve grades. I think the only course where this happened for me was PHYS 221. I think math courses might also curve their grades as the grade cutoffs were arbitrary (they set them for each individual course section from what the TA told me).

 

 

Thanks for the info!!