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final exam distributions by Alice L. '24

"mit does not curve"

A graph of different probability distributions on the axes of "makes students happy" and "makes sense in context of scores".

MIT technically “does not curve”, ⁠01 but many classes will define cutoffs relative to class performance, which is more or less a curve; hence, increased happiness when everyone scores poorly together. so I’ve added some here to make up for it!

  1. but many classes will define cutoffs relative to class performance, which is more or less a curve; hence, increased happiness when everyone scores poorly together.⁠ ↑