Why is it so common for STEM courses to have very low grade averages?

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Why is it so common for STEM courses to have very low grade averages? Anonymous Sat Apr 8 04:26:06 2023 No.15335017 [Reply] [Original]

I get that they're supposed to be 'challenging', but over social media and IRL situations I've seen tons of students who get grades that are considerably horrible (<50% in some cases) and yet, they seem to continue on in their carrier/degree just fine. How do they get away with this?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 8 05:45:22 2023 No.15335165 >>15335017 I got a 4.9 GPA out of 7. 5 would have been honors. So annoying

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 8 06:46:38 2023 No.15335258 >>15335017 I don't. I'm a midwit and I can still get good to perfect grades by sacrificing my social life and studying 7/24. Studying MechE btw.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 8 07:43:00 2023 No.15335323 >>15335258 Let's be honest: you wouldn't have much of a social life anyway.

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