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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are looking at these universities for for our rising senior (stem or joint stem/history/philosophy/classics focus).  Choice will likely be between the selective in-state schools and OOS selective / competative privates.  Although we k know about grad school pathways from the competitive privates we went to, we dont have a good sense of how well local colleges place students into the best grad or med/law schools.

So part of that question relates to what is the grading like and the grade distribution for these local universities.  Do they have 10% As 30% As?  One presumes having a high undergrad GPA is one of the main factors to successful placement into competative grad programs (stem or prof doctorates) at ivys/research powerhouses.

So how do our local universities compare between each other and to peer OOS options in grade distributions and for grad school placement?

Are there any empirical / objective data sets or reports on these 2 topics that are released or reported by the schools?

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Historically W&M was a significantly harder grader than UVA and similar schools.  This is no longer the case as the average GPA of undergraduates is virtually identical between the two.  I'll see if I can find the report with this data.[/quote]

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