Grade inflation in college

[Anonymous]

We know it happens in HS, and now it's happening in colleges, too.

I sympathize with the students, though. Much of grading is subjective, and some teachers grade more harshly than others.

It's nice to think college isn't just about grades, but about learning, but when your internships and job offers are dependent on grades, then it matters. Obviously, same goes for HS: when college admissions is based on your GPA, it matters.

This is why so many students fight for points.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-easy-fix-easy-145039532.html

[Anonymous]

Which colleges?
Harvard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]We know it happens in HS, and now it's happening in colleges, too.

I sympathize with the students, though. Much of grading is subjective, and some teachers grade more harshly than others.

It's nice to think college isn't just about grades, but about learning, but when your internships and job offers are dependent on grades, then it matters. Obviously, same goes for HS: when college admissions is based on your GPA, it matters.

This is why so many students fight for points.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-easy-fix-easy-145039532.html

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And? Reason for posting? There are schools that don't practice grade inflation, like Princeton. You can pick and choose if you like.

[Anonymous]

Engineering does not have as much grade inflation. Lots of courses are graded on a curve with the median set to 3.0 or 3.1...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous[b wrote:]We know it happens in HS, and now it's happening in colleges, too.

I sympathize with the students, though. Much of grading is subjective, and some teachers grade more harshly than others.

It's nice to think college isn't just about grades, but about learning, but when your internships and job offers are dependent on grades, then it matters. Obviously, same goes for HS: when college admissions is based on your GPA, it matters.

This is why so many students fight for points.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-easy-fix-easy-145039532.html

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And? Reason for posting? There are schools that don't practice grade inflation, like Princeton. You can pick and choose if you like.

Johns Hopkins also. The average gpa was like 3.0 when I was there. 2.8 was a good gpa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous[b wrote:]We know it happens in HS, and now it's happening in colleges, too.

I sympathize with the students, though. Much of grading is subjective, and some teachers grade more harshly than others.

It's nice to think college isn't just about grades, but about learning, but when your internships and job offers are dependent on grades, then it matters. Obviously, same goes for HS: when college admissions is based on your GPA, it matters.

This is why so many students fight for points.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-easy-fix-easy-145039532.html

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And? Reason for posting? There are schools that don't practice grade inflation, like Princeton. You can pick and choose if you like.

With a median GPA of 3.7 Princeton is inflated. It may be lower than Brown and Harvard(3.92, 3.85) but it is higher than UVA (3.65) and roughly the same as Penn (also 3.7 or just under).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous[b wrote:]We know it happens in HS, and now it's happening in colleges, too.

I sympathize with the students, though. Much of grading is subjective, and some teachers grade more harshly than others.

It's nice to think college isn't just about grades, but about learning, but when your internships and job offers are dependent on grades, then it matters. Obviously, same goes for HS: when college admissions is based on your GPA, it matters.

This is why so many students fight for points.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-easy-fix-easy-145039532.html

[/b]


And? Reason for posting? There are schools that don't practice grade inflation, like Princeton. You can pick and choose if you like.

Johns Hopkins also. The average gpa was like 3.0 when I was there. 2.8 was a good gpa.

Hopkins has changed a lot. 3.65-7 these days.