Early Grade Distribution in Physics

 

Below are examples of grade studies done during the 1910s. The failure rate in freshman physics appears to have a long tradition

Grade Distribution for Physics Courses: 1917

 

 

 

Correlation of High School and College Courses in Physics and Chemistry 1910-1915
The heavy percentage of failures in physics, as compared to chemistry, is doubtless influenced by the fact that in the engineering course Physics 1 comes in the freshman year and Chemistry 1 comes in the junior year.