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I have no idea who said Princeton is easy, because everything I've heard is contrary to that, they've also just implemented a deflationary grading policy.
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<p>they did, but it just brought them down to normal, the average GPA there now hovers around a 3.3... average for an elite university</p>
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<blockquote> <p>The "hardest thing is to get in" line about Harvard is pure urban legend, according to my D, a rising sophomore. Count on reading > 1000 pages a week, writing your tail off, and keeping pace with a student culture that views you as a loser if you're not willing to pay the price.<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>This is consistent with what my daughter (a rising senior at H) has experienced. As I said in post #14, at Harvard you will work <em>very</em> hard.</p>