<p>With all due respect cellardweller, that is incorrect:</p>
<p><a href=“Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP) | MIT Registrar”>Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP) | MIT Registrar;
<p>Look at the grade distributions for freshman, soph, junior and senior year (page 35). During junior and senior year half the grades given out are A’s! Only freshman year is grade deflated (which is a very relative term) and interestingly enough that is the P/F year. And that was 10 years ago. With grade inflation on the rise (at every school) no doubt those grades are even higher now. That being said, I’m not sure any top college will kick your butt academically, so MIT is not alone in this regard.</p>