For students interested in the humanities and social sciences, comparing the average GPAs and LSAT scores of pre-law students is useful.
The average GPA at JHU is pretty much exactly what you’d expect given the average LSAT score of JHU applicants, suggesting there is neither grade inflation or deflation at Hopkins.
167.50 Yale
167.40 Harvard
166.10 Princeton
165.98 Chicago
165.72 Stanford
165.67 Dartmouth
165.00 Columbia
164.97 Duke
164.58 Penn
164.48 Tufts
164.31 Brown
164.30 Northwestern
164.05 Wash U
163.48 Georgetown
163.45 Vanderbilt
163.44 Rice
162.75 Notre Dame
162.65 Cornell
161.82 Johns Hopkins
161.75 NYU CAS
161.18 William & Mary
160.84 UVA
160.64 Emory
160.48 Michigan
160.30 Brandeis
159.44 Berkeley
158.94 USC
158.85 UNC Chapel Hill
158.70 Wake Forest
158.21 Boston U
156.96 UCLA
Estimated GPA (LSAT/180*4.0) + Actual GPA
3.72 3.73 Yale
3.72 3.69 Harvard
3.69 3.55 Princeton
3.69 3.60 Chicago
3.68 3.71 Stanford
3.68 3.67 Dartmouth
3.67 3.70 Columbia
3.67 3.69 Duke
3.66 3.68 Penn
3.66 3.62 Tufts
3.65 3.75 Brown
3.65 3.59 Northwestern
3.65 3.65 Wash U
3.63 3.65 Georgetown
3.63 3.49 Vanderbilt
3.63 3.68 Rice
3.62 3.59 Notre Dame
3.61 3.62 Cornell
3.60 3.61 Johns Hopkins
3.59 3.59 NYU CAS
3.58 3.44 William & Mary
3.57 3.43 UVA
3.57 3.51 Emory
3.57 3.56 Michigan
3.56 3.67 Brandeis
3.54 3.55 Berkeley
3.53 3.56 USC
3.53 3.41 UNC Chapel Hill
3.53 3.39 Wake Forest
3.52 3.53 Boston U
3.49 3.55 UCLA
Grade Inflation
0.11 Brandeis
0.10 Brown
0.06 UCLA
0.05 Rice
0.03 Columbia / Stanford / USC
0.02 Duke / Georgetown / Penn
0.01 Berkeley / Boston U / Cornell / Johns Hopkins / Yale
0.00 NYU CAS / Wash U
-0.01 Dartmouth / Michigan
-0.03 Harvard / Notre Dame
-0.04 Tufts
-0.06 Emory / Northwestern
-0.09 Chicago
-0.12 UNC Chapel Hill
-0.14 Princeton / Vanderbilt / UVA / Wake Forest / William & Mary