Of course, I don't expect you to agree on this, as I am sure we will have different viewpoints on it. But my feeling is that, as it is, night students at the upper ends of the curve competing for jobs on the basis of class rank with day students have an overall advantage in that while the night curve is easier, they are included with the day students in terms of class rank.

Of course, night students often bristle at the idea that their curve is easier. But unless and until someone can offer me a decent explanation of why competing against a) lower average scores, b) people working full-time, and c) having a reduced work load would not lead to an easier competitive landscape, I will continue to maintain that an A in section 3 is simply not equal to an A in section 1 or 2. Anecdotally, from my observations tutoring evening K's, that is the case... people simply did not bring the same level of vigor to their studies as I observed (albeit as a participant) in first-year day classes.

(Which is not to say that any individual or group of individuals in the night section would not be competitive in day, or even more so... just that in aggregate the evening's performance is lesser than that of the day. It is also not to disparage those that work full-time in the evening and get great grades, but presumably there should be some allowance for that dual performance when it comes to employers that day students simply cannot take advantage of).

But, so be it. The fact of the matter is that life is unfair. This one-time switcheroo affecting a few students in the night section has a marginal effect on their prospects, at worst. And as someone who had to defend the few C's on my transcript with interviewers who graduated from schools with no forced C's, I am pleased to see the upgraded curve. Unfortunately, USF students are really more often compared against students from other schools than we are against our own peers. Getting more alumni into better jobs where they can raise the profile of the school will have a much more dramatic effect on those few night students than their loss of a few percentage points of class rank.