Even UVA experiencing grade inflation
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Anonymous
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https://www.29news.com/2026/03/12/uva-grade-point-averages-tick-up-following-nationwide-trend/
The student newspaper the Cavalier Daily found data from UVA’s Office of Institutional Research and Analytics that shows undergraduate GPA’s have increased from 3.24 to 3.61 over the past 15 years. |
Anonymous
| This is my shocked face. |
Anonymous
| Why "even?" |
Anonymous
| No way. |
Anonymous
| How is that grade inflation? Maybe the students are smarter and working harder. |
Anonymous
| UVA is actually known for grade deflation. A 3.6 is low for a to50 school. |
Anonymous
+1 The quality of students is improving. |
Anonymous
| That is not that high! |
Anonymous
LOL, the Covid kids? Sure. |
Anonymous
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My freshman turned down 2 Ivies for UVA. Her roommate turned down one. Almost every OOS kid they know was their respective school's valedictorian. They all took 10-15 APs in high school and never got less than an A.
I'm not sure why OP thinks they should now be graded to an average of a B- (3.1). Especially when places like Harvard have an average of a 3.9. |
Anonymous
+1. Covid and AI. |
Anonymous
Lake Wobegon. |
Anonymous
Because they had higher GPAs in high school (where grade inflation has been even more rampant than in college)? |
Anonymous
| Name a college that has not had grade inflation (increase in average GPA over time)? |
Anonymous
Yeah, no, I don’t think that’s it. Cheating is rampant and the notion of honor is all but dead. Faculty morale is in the gutter and they just don’t give af anymore. |