<p>I'm a CC student with good grades, and I'm interested in transferring to Michigan. Really like the school. :P</p>
<p>Obv. I don't expect to get straight As any more, but I just want to know if a 4.0 student at a CC can get a 3.7+ at Michigan in tough courses. And I know schools like UM, UCLA, Berkeley etc. are known for grade deflation. As much as I like Michigan I want to know if it's possible for a motivated student to do well in orgo, biochem, micro etc....</p>
<p>Is the reputation for grade deflation like it sounds?</p>
<p>My brother goes there and he says the classes are pretty rough, but of course this all depends on your own personal opinion and effort. Of course it is possible to get a good GPA, if you work hard enough I think you’d be capable. What you can do is compare the classes you are taking right now to the classes you plan on taking at UofM and of course the university itself. I’m not sure about the grade deflation, my brother says that it depends on the class.</p>
<p>I don’t have the link at hand, but the most well-known site for measuring grade inflation shows Michigan right on the trend-line over the last 20 years: neither over nor under. The most notorious inflaters are the Ivy schools…not sure about the converse.</p>
<p>The converse is Purdue. But given that an X-percentile student at school A is not equivalent to the same X-percentile student at school B, it’s relatively meaningless. </p>
<p>How hard are classes? It varies. If you wanna ask how two classes compare or something people could probably answer, but there’s no way to answer something like this with no context.</p>
<p>In every class there is someone who gets an A so it is possible to do well. Usually upper level classes give out better grades on average than entry level classes. </p>