> No amount of conformity and intelligence can explain 80% A's if there is a curve that mandates otherwise.
A curve requiring an entire class of people who all got 90% of the questions right on an exam to have a particular distribution of As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and Fs would be insane. Curves are supposed to account for "this test is quite difficult and has an expected range of passing scores that doesn't quite fit in the ten point scale" scenarios.
If you can get into Harvard, you're supposed to be an A student.
A curve requiring an entire class of people who all got 90% of the questions right on an exam to have a particular distribution of As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and Fs would be insane. Curves are supposed to account for "this test is quite difficult and has an expected range of passing scores that doesn't quite fit in the ten point scale" scenarios.
If you can get into Harvard, you're supposed to be an A student.