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Class difficulty by rank

Rank Easy to pass Difficult Easy A NCs
0 0 2 1 2
1 19 40 12 3
2 48 70 10 3
3 60 51 15 3
4 47 30 24 4

• Out of all “easy A” classes, 38.7% (24) are of senior level (class numbers start with 4). Out of all “easy
to pass” classes, 60 classes (34.5%) are junior-level (class numbers start with 3). 36.3% of the difficult
classes are of sophomore level
• 54.1% of freshmen classes are difficult-- followed by 53.4% sophomore classes. Only 7.6% sophomore
classes are easy A. In contrast, 22.9% of senior classes are easy A

Therefore, based on grade distribution, the classes in freshmen and sophomore years
are more difficult to students.

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