T-25 schools Known for Grade Inflation??

[Anonymous]

We hear a lot about the T-10’s but what about the T-10-T-25??

[Anonymous]

Brown for sure

[Anonymous]

Harvard, Amherst (if you count them)

[Anonymous]

Literally all of the private ones, the average GPA is above a 3.7

Even at Caltech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally all of the private ones, the average GPA is above a 3.7

Even at Caltech

Not Cornell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We hear a lot about the T-10’s but what about the T-10-T-25??

Brown
Dartmouth
Vanderbilt (nonSTEM)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally all of the private ones, the average GPA is above a 3.7

Even at Caltech

Not Dartmouth

[Anonymous]

Yes, there is grade inflation everywhere at all levels of higher education, and also K-12. It's hard for educators and institutions to turn the tide because there are many factors contributing to this trend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard, Amherst (if you count them)

seriously Amherst? I know Williams is the opposite

[Anonymous]

Some have held the line better than others -- Princeton and maybe Cornell come to mind -- while others pass out As like candy at Halloween (looking at you, Harvard). But even at the line holders, average grades are way up vs the 1990s, let alone pre-1970s.

[Anonymous]

Harvard and Brown are the most notorious for grade inflation. Especially Harvard. But I think the rest of the T25 are pretty reflective of the quality of their students overall. People are earning their grades at Princeton, MIT, Rice, CalTech, Berkeley, Penn, Northwestern, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, even Vanderbilt, Yale and Chicago, and so on. Harvard and Brown are the outliers. If you want to coast, Harvard and Brown are the schools for that student.

[Anonymous]

How are Emory/Wash U/Tufts when it comes to grade inflation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard and Brown are the most notorious for grade inflation. Especially Harvard. But I think the rest of the T25 are pretty reflective of the quality of their students overall. People are earning their grades at Princeton, MIT, Rice, CalTech, Berkeley, Penn, Northwestern, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, even Vanderbilt, Yale and Chicago, and so on. Harvard and Brown are the outliers. If you want to coast, Harvard and Brown are the schools for that student.

They're not earning their A's at Yale. It's the same as Harvard. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/nyregion/yale-grade-inflation.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvard and Brown are the most notorious for grade inflation. Especially Harvard. But I think the rest of the T25 are pretty reflective of the quality of their students overall. People are earning their grades at Princeton, MIT, Rice, CalTech, Berkeley, Penn, Northwestern, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, even Vanderbilt, Yale and Chicago, and so on. Harvard and Brown are the outliers. If you want to coast, Harvard and Brown are the schools for that student.

Have to add Duke. 3.9 is the average. If you are below 3.9 at Duke, sorry you are coasting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvard, Amherst (if you count them)

seriously Amherst? I know Williams is the opposite

Amherst has easy As everywhere. Big difference in student bodies at Williams versus Amherst