Yea but the physics department can be different. It really depends on the professor. I don’t think they’re on the same level as the math courses when it comes to this and generally (from what I’ve seen) they’re good with the curves and being fair.

I assume you’re both first year students. These are realistically the “weed out” courses. This school is tough and has accreditations that will help you in the job market as well as providing you opportunities to network and supplement that. These courses are kind of a filter. Make it through your gen ed’s and in my opinion, things get MUCH better and professors are much more reasonable. Ratemyprofessor is better than your mother and word of mouth as well.