Is this true about grade inflation/deflation?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I was told by someone that:</p>

<p>"Grade inflation matters in terms of graduate school admission and also when seeking positions with only an undergrad degree. At a school where the average grade of graduates is below 3(UCD) or just above(UCSD) it is going to be that much harder to attain a Gpa that is competitive for graduate school admission, especially when the applicants one is competing against have degrees that are perceived to be higher quality(Berkeley, Stanford etc) and their Gpa's are higher. The average at Berkeley is around a 3.3. The average at Stanford is around a 3.6.
Davis is also known as being quite difficult to attain high grades in lower division classes like Calculus and any of the other pre med prerequisites.
The averages can vary quite a lot among departments. "</p>

<p>Is this true?</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if it’s true or not, but graduate schools tend to know which schools practice grade inflation and which don’t. A graduate school understands the difference between a 3.8 at Cornell and a 3.8 at a school that practices grade inflation. So don’t worry yourself too much.</p>

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<p>Schools with higher average grades are typically more selective at entrance.</p>

<p>[National</a> Trends in Grade Inflation, American Colleges and Universities](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com%5DNational”>http://www.gradeinflation.com)</p>

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<p>That is true at every college where premeds exist. STEM professors believe in class curves. (It’s part of their DNA).</p>

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<p>It is more prevalent than you would think. Here’s a good article. Boston University suffers from it notoriously. </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/education/07education.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/education/07education.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>This is baloney. Grade deflation will hurt your employment and grad school chances. A 4.0 needs no explanations!</p>