<p>I know this isn't something to base college pikc on, but if I like a couple equally, I guess this can be a factor. Which colleges are known for grade inflation, and which are known for grade deflation. I thought we could start a list.</p>
<p>Inflation:</p>
<p>Yale
Harvard</p>
<p>Deflation:</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins
Cornell</p>
<p>I listed the ones that I know. Does anyone know about Penn State, the UCs, CMU, NYU, etc. Thanks.</p>
<p>Grade Deflation:
UChicago
Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>Glad I didnt choose Hopkins...</p>
<p>How is Tufts?</p>
<p>Grade Deflation:</p>
<p>NYU Stern</p>
<p>Thank god I didnt choose Stern as well...</p>
<p>super deflation would be McGill
i heard an A- is a 3.3
and i heard thats really hard to get</p>
<p>ive heard that at tufts getting good grades is really difficult is that true?</p>
<p>What about these others schools when it comes to inflation/deflation?</p>
<p>Do LACs tend to inflate?
Colgate U
Cornell U
Franklin/Marshall C
Northwestern U IL
Rice U
Vassar C
Washington & Lee U
Whitman C</p>
<p>At Tufts, the graduating class of 2006's average GPA hovered at around 3.2, which is a solid B. Getting all A's is hard, and you have to work for it, but it's not impossible. (It's obviously harder if you're an engineering student or a pre-medical student than if you're an art history major or something.)</p>
<p>Ok, a couple more...Boston College and BU. Could you guys continue the list I had set up with adding all of the colleges stated? This would be helpful. Thanks a lot.</p>
<p>That UChicago deflates is now a myth. Their average GPA is in the 3.2-3.3 range.</p>
<p>How about schools that are known for giving FAIR GRADES. I.e., no significant deflation nor inflation.</p>
<p>I know that Tufts, Chicago, Cornell are in that group. Any others?</p>
<p>How is NYU college of arts/ sciences?</p>
<p>Compiled by bluedevilmike for grade inflation/deflation using LSAT scores for correction.</p>
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<p>Mean adjustment: I then computed the mean (which turned out to be approximately .44) and subtracted that from each of the schools, so that the middlemost schools would get a 0, schools that were more deflated got negative numbers, and schools that were more inflated got positive numbers. (Previously, most schools had been positive.)</p>
<p>SD adjustment: Finally, in order to get some idea of how important the variation was, I calculated the standard deviation, which turned out to be approximately .25. By multiplying all the values by 4, I converted that SD into 1. What this means is that you can instantly look at the index and see how inflated or deflated a school is relative to the mean in terms of standard deviations.</p>
<p>MIT is 2.6 "standard deviations" below the mean for grade indexing by this standard, etc.</p>
<p>What this is not: This does NOT represent any kind of grade correction. For example, it does NOT tell you how much you should add to your GPA to see what you would have gotten had you attended MIT, or Jackson State University, or whatnot. (The raw scores would have been useful for that purpose, and you can reproduce that calculation very easily using the website.)
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<p>Excellent (re)post. It helps debunk popular myths such as how Harvard is grade inflated and Cornell is grade deflated.</p>