Grade inflation?

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<p>Why do you guys ridicule schools such as Harvard and Stanford for having "grade inflation?" Is it not possible that the students at these schools are intelligent and would make excellent grades, regardless of which institution they attend?</p>

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<p>The point is that not everyone in the class is equally talented. There is no way everyone in a english class, for instance, would all write incredibly eloquently, etc. And A should be for the top people in the class. It means that they've completely EXCEEDED the class goals. It shouldn't just be 'I did the work but I didn't try hard', which is how it is for most people in high school, and a lot of college courses as well. By giving everyone an A, you're demeaning the value of the A. You're also putting way too much weight on grades in general, which you should really get over in high school.</p>

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<p>Check Caltech, MIT, Cornell.</p>

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<p>of course they are extremely intelligent, but that much more intelligent and hard working than kids at Yale?</p>

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<p>There are several threads on this topic in the archives. Suggest you try there. However, in general, the larger universities have grade inflation; the LACs as a rule use a "quota" system for the number of A's, putting them on a bell curve. Check out the archives.</p>

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<p>Thought that title would get your attention. </p>

<p>Harvard is a TTT. Why? Because, quite frankly, I am an idiot and a moron, missed 80%-90% of my classes, did very little reading, and got all As/A-s. And no, these were not seminar joke classes, but rather the ole bread and butter of large lecture, exam-based classes. </p>

<p>I am genuinely shocked. By the way, Harvard's curve for As/A-s is NOT generous.</p>