Yeah, that blows. I'm glad I go to a school with a higher curve. I don't think anywhere in the top 20 they have below a B or B+ curve. Hell, the entire top 5 is switching over to a no-grade system..... How nice that would be.
For what it's worth though, getting an A- isn't that easy on a B+ curve. Most professors give mostly B+'s at my school, a handful of A-'s, a handful of B's, and then only a few A's or B-'s and below.