I feel that these classes my be to hard as it is. However, with the grade deflation I don’t quiet know how to view the difficulty of this University.
The policy where the number of A’s in each course was capped at 35% is no longer in effect. Still, classes are difficult.
Sherpa is correct. The policy is gone, and the class of 2018 has seen a very small bump in their GPA. But professors are still stingy with their A’s. I was taking four classes during the first term after the death of deflation. In two of them, my grade of A- was tied for the highest grade in a class of 12 or 13. In another, the professor re-scored the final exams to lower the scores, invented a new rubric because the original had produced too many A’s, and then declared that my score of 94 was an A-.
Nevertheless, I strongly encourage you not to worry about it. I loved all my classes, especially the one where the professor tweaked the rubric. If your happiness depends on your GPA, you’re doing life wrong.
@OldNassau Holy *hit… That’s scary.
Unless you are intending to go for a graduate degree (particularly medical school), the grade deflation doesn’t really matter. Medical school admissions committees on the other hand can be quite unforgiving for students without a high GPA.
Honestly, at this point, adcoms know that Princeton doesn’t hand out As like candy. The people who matter are probably familiar with Princeton’s policy and won’t hold a slightly lower GPA against you!