The real reason Bowdoin is so loved: it’s easy

[Anonymous]

Cornell has nothing to do with Bowdoin, stay on topic

[Anonymous]

Here's the takeaway:

"When it’s 2 a.m. and you’re sitting in Smith Union wrapping up a particularly nasty p-set or lengthy essay, remember that you did it to yourself. It could have been easy. The difficulty is not a punishment but a privilege. Indeed, I think it’s the most extraordinary privilege one can have. We possess here the ability to choose our challenges, and in doing so, to forge ourselves into the people we want to become. Beyond that, we are blessed with mentors—professors, coaches and our peers—who can guide us in that journey."

These are students who have worked hard to get there, are choosing to work hard in college, and (in the case of this student), realize it's a privilege.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's the takeaway:

"When it’s 2 a.m. and you’re sitting in Smith Union wrapping up a particularly nasty p-set or lengthy essay, remember that you did it to yourself. It could have been easy. The difficulty is not a punishment but a privilege. Indeed, I think it’s the most extraordinary privilege one can have. We possess here the ability to choose our challenges, and in doing so, to forge ourselves into the people we want to become. Beyond that, we are blessed with mentors—professors, coaches and our peers—who can guide us in that journey."

These are students who have worked hard to get there, are choosing to work hard in college, and (in the case of this student), realize it's a privilege.

And also it’s really easy to do well and get a high gpa, since the college hands them out like popsicles. People need to get real: Bowdoin isn’t Swarthmore, and even Swarthmore is getting too high of a gpa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the takeaway:

"When it’s 2 a.m. and you’re sitting in Smith Union wrapping up a particularly nasty p-set or lengthy essay, remember that you did it to yourself. It could have been easy. The difficulty is not a punishment but a privilege. Indeed, I think it’s the most extraordinary privilege one can have. We possess here the ability to choose our challenges, and in doing so, to forge ourselves into the people we want to become. Beyond that, we are blessed with mentors—professors, coaches and our peers—who can guide us in that journey."

These are students who have worked hard to get there, are choosing to work hard in college, and (in the case of this student), realize it's a privilege.

And also it’s really easy to do well and get a high gpa, since the college hands them out like popsicles. People need to get real: Bowdoin isn’t Swarthmore, and even Swarthmore is getting too high of a gpa.

Do tell, where did you develop your powers of reading comprehension and analysis?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the takeaway:

"When it’s 2 a.m. and you’re sitting in Smith Union wrapping up a particularly nasty p-set or lengthy essay, remember that you did it to yourself. It could have been easy. The difficulty is not a punishment but a privilege. Indeed, I think it’s the most extraordinary privilege one can have. We possess here the ability to choose our challenges, and in doing so, to forge ourselves into the people we want to become. Beyond that, we are blessed with mentors—professors, coaches and our peers—who can guide us in that journey."

These are students who have worked hard to get there, are choosing to work hard in college, and (in the case of this student), realize it's a privilege.

And also it’s really easy to do well and get a high gpa, since the college hands them out like popsicles. People need to get real: Bowdoin isn’t Swarthmore, and even Swarthmore is getting too high of a gpa.

Do tell, where did you develop your powers of reading comprehension and analysis?

You don’t have the sources to combat the claim. To think that Panhellenic society gpas should be taken as the average student is probably the dumbest suggestion I’ve seen on dcum.

It’s almost like you know your argument hinges on the fact that Cornell hides median grade visibility and won’t share these institutional datapoints so you invent your own reasoning. Shockers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the takeaway:

"When it’s 2 a.m. and you’re sitting in Smith Union wrapping up a particularly nasty p-set or lengthy essay, remember that you did it to yourself. It could have been easy. The difficulty is not a punishment but a privilege. Indeed, I think it’s the most extraordinary privilege one can have. We possess here the ability to choose our challenges, and in doing so, to forge ourselves into the people we want to become. Beyond that, we are blessed with mentors—professors, coaches and our peers—who can guide us in that journey."

These are students who have worked hard to get there, are choosing to work hard in college, and (in the case of this student), realize it's a privilege.

And also it’s really easy to do well and get a high gpa, since the college hands them out like popsicles. People need to get real: Bowdoin isn’t Swarthmore, and even Swarthmore is getting too high of a gpa.

Do tell, where did you develop your powers of reading comprehension and analysis?

This thread is about Bowdoin. Please make your own senseless thread on gpas at Cornell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's the takeaway:

"When it’s 2 a.m. and you’re sitting in Smith Union wrapping up a particularly nasty p-set or lengthy essay, remember that you did it to yourself. It could have been easy. The difficulty is not a punishment but a privilege. Indeed, I think it’s the most extraordinary privilege one can have. We possess here the ability to choose our challenges, and in doing so, to forge ourselves into the people we want to become. Beyond that, we are blessed with mentors—professors, coaches and our peers—who can guide us in that journey."

These are students who have worked hard to get there, are choosing to work hard in college, and (in the case of this student), realize it's a privilege.

And also it’s really easy to do well and get a high gpa, since the college hands them out like popsicles. People need to get real: Bowdoin isn’t Swarthmore, and even Swarthmore is getting too high of a gpa.

Do tell, where did you develop your powers of reading comprehension and analysis?

You don’t have the sources to combat the claim. To think that Panhellenic society gpas should be taken as the average student is probably the dumbest suggestion I’ve seen on dcum.

It’s almost like you know your argument hinges on the fact that Cornell hides median grade visibility and won’t share these institutional datapoints so you invent your own reasoning. Shockers.

Do you not know how to read? The table states 'CORNELL UNIVERSITY ALL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS' as a 3.44.

There's also a source: https://scl.cornell.edu/sites/scl/files/documents/Spring%202025%20Grades%20Report_Formatted_Final.pdf

Cornell All/Men/Women GPA Average, Spring 2025
All: 3.44| Men: 3.44 |Women: 3.47

[Anonymous]

Lol at citing “lack of rigor” and then sharing one student’s opinion piece as your evidence.

[Anonymous]

It's a very pick-me article

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lol at citing “lack of rigor” and then sharing one student’s opinion piece as your evidence.

These ideas aren’t related.

[Anonymous]

Cornell accepts a wide range of students, including New Yorkers with much worse stats than the average student. I’m not surprised the gpa is bad, the cohort is bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lol at citing “lack of rigor” and then sharing one student’s opinion piece as your evidence.

These ideas aren’t related.

Oh boy, tell me you’ve never heard the term rigorous thinking before.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gee, maybe the students at Harvard, Yale, Brown, Amherst, Pomona, and Stanford are smart.

The median GPA for these schools has gone from a 3.5 in 2016 to above a 3.7 in 2026.

You really think the newer entering classes got that much more academically qualified? Coupled with the dumbing down of AP exams, SAT/ACT, test optional policies, and COVID disruption making it harder for schools to distinguish top candidates?

A few top schools make their grads work for the A. Cornell is one of them. The ones above give out A-s as a participatory grade, and Bs and below are rare (Cs almost unheard of).

What a bunch of BS. Cornell has a high average gpa outside of engineering. College of Arts and Science is around 3.7-3.8 average. Seems like a booster.

Did you ignore the objective data above? Cornell has a noticeably lower GPA than its peer schools. You will see the same trend for all academic reports at different sports.

The 3.44 above is the average. The MEDIAN at cornell is 3.6.

https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/01/in-data-panhel-members-outperform-cornell-average-gpa-among-other-greek-life-groups

3.44 overall

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/27/grading-workload-report/

3.83 for Harvard grads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gee, maybe the students at Harvard, Yale, Brown, Amherst, Pomona, and Stanford are smart.

The median GPA for these schools has gone from a 3.5 in 2016 to above a 3.7 in 2026.

You really think the newer entering classes got that much more academically qualified? Coupled with the dumbing down of AP exams, SAT/ACT, test optional policies, and COVID disruption making it harder for schools to distinguish top candidates?

A few top schools make their grads work for the A. Cornell is one of them. The ones above give out A-s as a participatory grade, and Bs and below are rare (Cs almost unheard of).

What a bunch of BS. Cornell has a high average gpa outside of engineering. College of Arts and Science is around 3.7-3.8 average. Seems like a booster.

Did you ignore the objective data above? Cornell has a noticeably lower GPA than its peer schools. You will see the same trend for all academic reports at different sports.

The 3.44 above is the average. The MEDIAN at cornell is 3.6.

https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/01/in-data-panhel-members-outperform-cornell-average-gpa-among-other-greek-life-groups

3.44 overall

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/27/grading-workload-report/

3.83 for Harvard grads

The 3.44 above is the average. The MEDIAN at Cornell is 3.6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That is not what the article says. Did you read it?

It's pretty much what it says. Bowdon by default is an easy school that one must make a concerted effort to make challenging.

Before you get ahead of yourself making a concerted effort toward challenge, consider mastering rudimentary spelling.