<p>Want</a> a Higher G.P.A.? Go to a Private College - Economix Blog - NYTimes.com</p>
<p>Nothing we really didn't know before, but an interesting read nonetheless, particularly for those incoming freshman deciding among public/private schools.</p>
<p>Heh, the site they link to shows that UCLA has a LOWER average GPA than we do
[url=<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/Ucberkeley.html]UC-Berkeley[/url”>UC-Berkeley]UC-Berkeley[/url</a>]
[url=<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/Ucla.html]UCLA[/url”>UCLA]UCLA[/url</a>]
All those claims that Cal is so much tougher isn’t exactly true.</p>
<p>Both sources above have been really useful. Thanks guys! Regarding UCLA/UCB, another figure that would indicate UCB has more generous inflation than UCLA is located within this link:</p>
<p>[National</a> Trends in Grade Inflation, American Colleges and Universities](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/]National”>http://www.gradeinflation.com/) </p>
<p>On the Long Term Grade Inflation by Institution Graph. </p>
<p>However, according to the UCLA v UCB inflation links that Leftist provided, in 1960 the average GPA for UCB was a 2.51. At UCLA in 1960, the average GPA was a 2.67. </p>
<p>That said, the decade-by-decade inflation for UCLA would probably be lower due to the fact that their initial GPA level in 1960 began at .16 GPA points higher than Berkeley’s. This would leave less room for GPA inflation to occur at UCLA, and more room for Berkeley’s inflation to increase.</p>
<p>Considering that now UCB and UCLA are only .05 (3.27 and 3.22 respectively) GPA points apart in average GPA, one could conclude that inflation has remained fairly constant between both schools, with perhaps a very slight edge to UCB. As I said, this is partially due to its lower initial GPA in 1960 correlating to a greater opportunity for inflation.</p>
<p>Oh! Okay, thanks for bringing that up! I must have missed that. That’s a good point. That is a fairly decent difference. In that case, I would be more inclined to say that UCB has an edge in inflation throughout the years over UCLA (including the present).</p>