<p>My dad was talking about Harvard and a few other schools having this, is he full of crap?</p>
<p>Nevermind I Looked Back Through This Forum And Found The Answer.</p>
<p>Almost every school that has both a law school and a business school will offer an MBA/JD in at least an adhoc format.</p>
<p>adhoc? huh?</p>
<p>Adhoc meaning that even if the school doesn't have a 'formal' dual program, somebody who is admitted to both programs can try to negotiate going to both programs on a one-off basis.</p>
<p>For example, one woman managed to get herself into a JD/MBA program where the JD will be from Yale Law and the MBA will be from Harvard Business School. No formal arrangement exists between Harvard and Yale to jointly offer a JD/MBA. She basically negotiated her own program between the two schools.</p>
<p>Of course this woman is no ordinary human being. She is Lisa Schwartz, one of the few people in history, probably less than ten, to have gotten a perfect GPA at Harvard College. Not even Henry Kissinger was able to get a perfect GPA at Harvard College. </p>
<p>Doesn't Harvard have grade inflation? Why is it so hard to get a perfect GPA?</p>
<p>"Doesn't Harvard have grade inflation? Why is it so hard to get a perfect GPA?"</p>
<p>Grade inflation will not give you a perfect GPA; it will keep your GPA at a solid B average, though. </p>
<p>My understanding of grade inflation:</p>
<p>As-- Excellent work
Bs-- Good, solid, work
cs-- barely passing/almost failing work
ds-- failing work
Fs-- insulting the professor, then slapping them and not showing for tests, nor submitting any assigments</p>
<p>I have mentioned this before, but grade inflation really helps the slacker rather than the good student. The caliber of students at the top schools (the average student) is very hard working and getting A's isn't that easy. However, it is fairly easy to get B's, and if you go to the gradeinflation site there is an article on how some profs don't give C's. Many B students at these top schools would be C students at the State U.</p>
<p>Why is there grade inflation and deflation again?</p>
<p>Different schools have different policies. Within a given school, and even department, there may differences in teaching philosophy. One prof may think that a C is a good grade and another prof in the same department rarely gives below a B.</p>
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<p>Like kono and wildflower said, grade inflation really serves to help the weak slacker student, because grade inflation mostly serves to inflate the lowest grades. It doesn't make the very top grades easier to get. But it does make a passing grade extremely easy to get. Basically, practically nobody ever actually flunks out of Harvard. As long as you put in a bare minimum amount of work, you're going to pass. Maybe with bad grades, but you're going to pass. However, there are other schools like MIT and Caltech that will not hesitate to flunk its poor performers out. </p>
<p>I'll put it to you this way. I believe the 'average' GPA at Harvard is only a 3.4 or so. Now obviously that's pretty high. But I still say it's "only" a 3.4 to show that getting a 4.0 is no small feat. In fact it means that you were far above average. The fact is, Harvard students are extremely qualified, talented, and brilliant individuals such that just being average within that group means that you are yourself highly qualified and talented. To be far above average compared to them is a monumental achievement.</p>