<p>Just curious. Does anyone know if Wash U has inflated grades? I have heard of schools like JHU or Cornell that have ultra deflated grades. I hope this is no the case with Wash U.</p>
<p>hmm wash uers have nothing to say?</p>
<p>I don't think that there's grade inflation at washu. washu is a pretty tough school. I should also mention that a lot of washu professors studied at the University of chicago.</p>
<p>From what I've heard, there is neither grade inflation nor grade deflation. WashU is between the extremes of Harvard where inflation is pretty rampant or Cornell where it is nonexistant.</p>
<p>LOL I'm here at WashU and the fact that no one has replied is your answer. We study our brains out and still get grades just like anyone else. No inflation; we are not like Harvard, we have to work for everything that we get! I say that with some spite but no condemnation.</p>
<p>Yeah, you have to work very hard to get good grades. Don't expect many A's unless you are really, really smart or just study much more than anybody else. However, I don't find it too hard to get B's (and I'm definitely not the brightest here. I was surprised to even get in.)</p>
<p>what majors are you guys in?</p>
<p>Is it true that the majority of Harvard students are B+ and mostly A students?</p>
<p>Yes; they have crazy grade inflation there.</p>
<p>Of course not!!! I would say more on the side of grade deflation than grade inflation. All of my friends who graduated tops at my high school aim for 3.5 at WashU and study a LOT. I do have one friend who has a 4.0 but he's at the engineering school and an A- counts as 4.0 if course is not within your major or something along that lines.</p>
<p>I got 3.9+ during my freshman year at WashU and totally wasted that GPA by transferring to another school. ;)</p>
<p>Why did you transfer? And where did you go?</p>
<p>Business school, and it's not as easy as people say it is. The classes I have taken are actually my hardest.</p>
<p>My sister had her minor in the b school and she said that it was pretty easy. In fact, do you know what she jokingly calls the b-school---the preschool. I don't know, maybe my sister's a nerd.</p>
<p>Couple people posted on this thread were misinformed. First all of, Cornell has grade INflation. <a href="http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Student/mediangradesA.html%5B/url%5D">http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Student/mediangradesA.html</a>
<a href="http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/10436%5B/url%5D">http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/10436</a></p>
<p>WashU had grade inflation when I was there and it probably still has it since grades in general inflate over time. By grade inflation, I mean the average grade is B/B+ (or higher) instead of C+/B- (or lower).</p>
<p>missmolly,
I transferred to Northwestern for its chemE program and couple other personal reasons.</p>
<p>I'm both Artsci and B-school. Yea, don't sleep on B-school classes they are a different type of hard than say chemistry or biology. I agree with mport on that one.</p>
<p>Sam Lee, Are you happy at Northwestern? My S passed up Northwestern for Wash U. At the time it was a really tough decision, but now I believe he made the right decision. I always wondered though (?)</p>
<p>I'm curious too - Wash U. vs. Northwestern. I went to Northwestern, and my daughter is going to Wash U. They "feel" similar to me in that they're both midwestern, friendly and full of smart (fairly normal socially kids.) From what I could see, it seems that Wash U. is more homogeneous, the kids are more alike and perhaps a bit less diversity. Rumor has it that NU is tougher academically or less social? That would surprise me, because though I don't recall NU being "easy" - I thought the social life was wonderful. And Chicago being so nearby was/is a major bonus. I love St. Louis, but there's not much to do there as compared to Evanston, and Chicago.</p>
<p>I think that there's a lot to do in St. Louis. There are plenty of malls, casinos, parades, and stores there.</p>
<p>I should say "here" because i live in st louis.</p>