<p>How hard is it to get REALLY good grades at BU? Compared to other schools? THANKS!</p>
<p>Compared to what schools?</p>
<p>Just compared to the average. Is BU harder that most? Easier to get THE BEST grades? Is it harder or easier that average?</p>
<p>Ugh, questions like this make me just shake my head ....</p>
<p>is this a question regarding grade inflation at BU?</p>
<p>No, I believe it's questioning the contrary....</p>
<p>I personally feel that since BU is nationally reputable and has recieved attention of its grading policies via The New York Times and other publications, that graduate schools and corporations are well aware of it and will view a BU student's transcript with a different perspective. Therefore, it really shouldn't hurt anyone badly. And hey, this is college; you should have to work for your grade...and if you happen to be the minority with a very high GPA, you will certainly stand out.</p>
<p>you cannot assume that jobs have read the articles regarding grade inflation at BU though. These people may HAVE read the article, but to go in assuming is foolish.</p>
<p>adam- you obviously didnt read the articles...they are about grade deflation...not inflation.</p>
<p>If you work hard and achieve top 20% of your class, you will graduate with Latin Honors anyways. If colleges see that and your GPA is a 3.2 or something, it can obviously be inferred that there is grade deflation.</p>
<p>Schools have to report their average gpa's. </p>
<p>I've asked this before, but is anyone really dumb enough to believe that a school can simply up its grades and thus get all its candidates into a grad school? You think the admissions people are that stupid? Or that other schools wouldn't then figure it out?</p>
<p>Aztec, a mistake in my writing doesn't really make your wrong assumption "obvious", though I see now my misstep. </p>
<p>try not to come across as such a pain in the ass.</p>
<p>well i think almost everyone has the same concern...if you go to harvard as a premed almost everyone graduates with at least a 3.7...at BU its really good if you get a 3.5. if you're applying to med schools and have a 3.5 at BU and are competing with a 3.7 at harvard, who do you think theyre going to want? this is the concern, and i believe that its gotten a lot better with time, but no matter what people that graduate from ivies will have a higher gpa than people from BU.</p>
<p>You think comparing BU and Harvard is fine except that Harvard has a higher average gpa? An applicant from Harvard is favored because the kid is an applicant from Harvard.</p>
<p>an applicant from Harvard is not favored because they are from Harvard. Your GPA and your test scores for your grad school/professional school are what matter.</p>
<p>We can agree to disagree about this.</p>
<p>I'm speaking about Law School, but your LSAT is what factors what gets you in, your GPA is then looked at as well...no law school cares if you get a 4.0 at community college or a 4.0 at harvard.</p>
<p>Have you read my posts about law school admissions?</p>
<p>no- but if they say that going to harvard gives you a better chance than another school- you are flat out wrong</p>
<p>Do you have a source for this statement?</p>
<p>Lergnom, I believe what he is suggesting is that simply being from Harvard is not going to win over the adcoms. Being at Harvard AND doing well on the only standardized factor they have (the tests like GRE's, LSATs, MCATs, DCATs, PCATs, etc.) is going to win them over. You are making a total overstatement when you say Harvard alone is giving you a better chance.</p>
<p>Take a look at mdapplicants.com and look for yourself. GPA is not the only factor as well as the undergraduate institution. If someone gets a 3.7 gpa at Harvard and gets a 29 on MCAT vs someone with a 3.5 at BU with a 35 MCAT, that Harvard name isn't going to hold up much since it cannot be standardized.</p>