<p>The average GPA at Princeton according to the article is now 3.39. That’s not “massive” grade inflation. I think Penn’s average GPA is lower than that as is Cornell and some other top schools like Swarthmore. That means the average grade is greater than a B+ (between a B+/A-). Plus, all of the media attention and letters sent out mean admissions officers will probably give a bump to Princeton students with slightly lower GPAs. It’s really not that big of a deal. Because of massive grade inflation at places like Yale, Brown, and Stanford, students with 3.0’s look really bad there while at Princeton that still looks like a decent/good GPA, so overall I don’t think this “policy” (which isn’t totally followed by faculty anyway) isn’t that damaging. It just makes it very difficult for Princeton students to get those top, top GPA’s (3.88+).</p>