@ScaredNJDad : “light course loads”? So sorry [not really], but you do not know what you are talking about. Grade inflation is rampant; I doubt you could prove the Ivies are more culpable than any other school. Actually, I’ll put my neck out there and suggest that an A should be the proper grade for a student meeting expectations at an Ivy. I think the idea of grading on a curve at that level is absurd. “I’m in Econ and I’m not as smart as the next Robert Reich, so I only get a B+?” Anyway, this thread is about the value of choosing a match, not your view of the Ivies or my response. Please start a new thread if you want to pursue that question.