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THE CURVE

Schools / University of California, Santa Barbara

CHEM 2AL

Winter 2025 – Summer 2026 (7 terms) · 3,092 students · Source: University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026

The curve

Share of all students who received each grade, all terms combined.

38.6%

of students got an A

0.0% withdrew

0%20%40%60%38.6%A51.2%B9.0%C0.7%D0.2%F0.0%Withdrew

A rate by term

Share of students who got an A in each term the course ran.

0%10%20%30%40%50%WiSp2025SuFaWi43.5%Sp2026Su28.1%

By term, newest first

ABCDFWOther
TermStudentsA rate / distributionGPASource
Summer 202632
28.1%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026
Spring 2026387
31.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026
Winter 20261,050
43.5%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026
Fall 2025125
16.8%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026
Summer 202540
15.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026
Spring 2025429
34.7%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026
Winter 20251,029
42.0%
—University of California, Santa Barbara grade data, Fall 2009 to Summer 2026

By instructor, highest A rate first

ABCDFWOther
Terms taught
PAZOS S2,896
40.0%
—
ZHU YONGSI31
25.8%
—
WALKER F M165
16.4%
—

3 instructors. Select a name's terms to see each term separately.