<p>It’s interesting that you mentioned those schools, because my boyfriend goes to Harvard and I attend Umass Amherst.</p>
<p>I will tell you this: Harvard is infamous for grade inflation because they never want people to flunk out, as it would hurt their rankings. Umass has no problem letting you flunk out if you do poorly; Harvard won’t let you. Sidenote: Harvard will also not expel you unless you literally do something drastically heinous; I know someone at Harvard that was politely asked to “take a year off” for selling drugs on campus. </p>
<p>Anyways, from what I have seen, yes, you’re going to have approximately the same GPA from both schools if you majored in the same thing and worked equally hard. However, since Harvard practices grade inflation (not to say that Umass doesn’t, but definitely not to the same degree), you would have to keep that in mind when comparing the two. I’m not saying one is easier or harder, I’m just saying you can’t say that a 4.0 at Harvard is way more difficult to obtain than one from another school.</p>
<p>Avoiding failing grades at Harvard is relatively easy for most the people who get into Harvard. That doesn’t mean that most people would find passing such classes to be exceedingly easy.</p>
<p>I definitely agree. I know people at Harvard that work insanely hard-as hard as you humanely can-and still have a 3.9-an INCREDIBLE gpa, but the 4.0 is indeed a herculean achievement.</p>
<p>What planet do you live on? Seriously…you are so “out to lunch” it’s comical. </p>
<p>Do you really think that Harvard could do this and Yale and Columbia wouldn’t retaliate?</p>
<p>In the real world, getting into Yale Law is one heck of a lot harder than getting into Harvard Law. Yale Law is consistently ranked#1 by almost every ranking out there. If Harvard Law suddenly stopped letting in Yale grads…Yale would retaliate. If Yale Law stopped letting in people with Harvard UG degrees…Harvard Law would change its admissions policies so fast it would make your head spin. If Harvard messed around with Columbia grads, Harvard UGs would have a hard time getting into Columbia Law. Again, Harvard would change things very, very quickly if Columbia Law retaliated. </p>
<p>A slight preference? Okay. 3 or 4 times? Utter, total nonsense.</p>