For anyone thinking of going into STEM…I had some words of warning LMAO
For my physics class, the average for our most recent midterm was 65%, with a 20 point standard deviation. As in, the number of people who got 45% is approximately equal to the number of people who got 85%. And more people got 25% than 96%. (Obviously these are like,,,, assuming the grade distribution follow a normal distribution perfectly which is not likely but like these are reasonable conclusions to come to without be able to see how the data is actually distributed.)
No curve will be applied. Absolutely loving life, not bitter at all, nope, not me <3 it is also worth noting that the physics major is, of course, mostly made up of people who consider themselves to be good at physics! And yet! Here we are!
(But also in all seriousness, if you’re considering going into STEM, please don’t let me scare you away from it; I’m mostly just being dramatic and we do also have exams that go well. This one just didn’t lmao and I like to be dramatic about things)