Question for Cornell Students

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>What is the deal with the rumor that Cornell is known for grade deflation. I am a prospective transfer to their Government Department, and most of the teachers seem pretty laid back.</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=130469%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=130469&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>i just relized it said grade deflation great i'll work my butt off then have my grade reduced wow i picked the best ivy alright. iremember a couple of years ago princeton or harvard were geeting critized for inflating thier grades, they have like a quota system were they are allowed ot give out only theses many a,b,c's and only can fail a few i guess thats not what happens at cornell</p>

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<p>Everyone makes such a big deal out of the grading at Cornell. Look at the median grade reports, the medians in most of the classes are A-/B+. Science classes are tough but most of the other ones are very manageable.</p>

<p><a href="http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Student/mediangradesA.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Student/mediangradesA.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>thanks norcalguy! The grades for AEM seem pretty high, so I am definitely not as worried as i was before.</p>