<p>No. The average GPA for Wharton is probably around 3.2-3.3. </p>
<p>At Penn you need a 3.4 to get Cum Laude and 3.8 to get Summa Cum laude.</p>
<p>vikram chatwal is a guy who makes hotels that get crappy reviews. he's financially backed by his father so whatever accomplishments he makes aren't a big deal</p>
<p>The Wharton degree is also getting commoditized. How many people do they graduate a year from their executive and full time MBA programs? 5,000? The place is turning into UChicago, the b-school that never met a tuition payer it didn't like!</p>
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<p>So what? </p>
<p>I mean really, think about it. Suppose that 100% of Harvard undergrads graduated with honors - does that in any way, shape or form harm the reputation / marketability of a Harvard degree? Does that in any way, shape or form dull the power of the Harvard name?</p>
<p>Do you suppose that recruiters from McKinsey / Goldman or adcoms at Wharton or other top MBA programs stop and think, "geez there's an awful lot of grade inflation going on up there at Harvard, maybe we should skip stopping by Cambridge this year..."</p>
<p>It's Harvard folks. The weeding out process is pretty much 90% done. If you manage to graduate with honors on top of that - great - even if you don't, you still graduate from Harvard - so you might as well (for all intents and purposes) get an unofficial "honors in life" right of the bat.</p>
<p>It doesn't make Harvard any less of a school, it just makes the distinctions less important. I don't think anybody was trying to belittle Harvard; they were just pointing out that it's a little ridiculous that 91% of the class graduated with honors, no matter how smart a student body they have</p>
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The Wharton degree is also getting commoditized. How many people do they graduate a year from their executive and full time MBA programs?
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Harvard Business school graduates more MBA people than does Wharton, so I guess Harvard is the most commoditized?</p>
<p>"But if I don't have a rich Dad is this possible. It disturbs me that over the years the magna and summa cum laudes of the great business schools ALWAYS seem to have big money parents."</p>
<p>My mom wasnt rich growing up. She was a typical middle-classer. She graduated from Columbia Magna Cum Laude. Granted, she wasn't a b-major, but still, hardly rich, famous, w/e.</p>
<p>Here's a possibility: maybe kids who have rich parents simply have more background knowledge in business or their parents WORK in business, and due to the early exposure they're able to succeed at higher rates.....</p>
<p>Who said life was fair?</p>