<p>Average GPA for Applicants to Med Schools from MIT: 3.62
To Law Schools: 3.28
(<a href="http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/preprof.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/preprof.html</a>)</p>
<p>Average GPA at Princeton in 2001 (PRE-GRADE INFLATION MEASURES): 3.5
(<a href="http://www.gradeinflation.com/princeton.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.gradeinflation.com/princeton.html</a>)</p>
<p>Put aside stereotypes about grading. Before the new grade inflation proposals, Princeton was giving out A range grades to about 43%, while the supposedly brutal Cornell administration was giving out 40%. (<a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/04/23/news/10392.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2004/04/23/news/10392.shtml</a>) Seeing as how Princeton now caps As to 35%, it is the hardest grading school in the Ivy league without question. I haven't been able to find any information about MIT grading (proportion of As, Average GPA, etc.) but after the new grade inflation proposal at Princeton, it is presumable that the average GPA will fall by about .3 (lets say the 10% decrease in A-range occurs by forcing some As to A-s and some A-s to B+s, a decrease of about .35 in gpa) moving it to 3.2. Nevertheless, 3.2 definitely seems a bit low and from personal experience (and personal experience) I would have to say it is around a 3.25/3.3 . Looking at these stats from MIT, I would have to say Princeton does seem harder if not the same as MIT.</p>