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Harvard has become increasingly meritocratic.  Gender, race, nationality, and economic status play less of a role in admissions than they used to.  Makes sense that the "Gentleman's C" isn't awarded as often.  And I wonder whether they're still actively searching for "the happy bottom quarter."  I'm Ok with the vast majority of Harvard undergrads graduating with B or higher GPAs if they can all do a good (or better than good) job at college-level work.

What bugs me about high schools that have selective admissions, select on the basis of intellectual aptitude/performance, and then take pride in giving lots of C's is that it's either a counterproductive affectation on their parts (we're not impressed with the work of most of the students we consider to be among the best and brightest) or a sign that their curriculum/teaching/workload is dysfunctional for most students.  If you start with bright and highly motivated students and your goal is to prepare them to do well in good undergrad programs, then you should be able to get those kids to the point where most are generally doing good work or better.  The emphasis, especially at the HS level, should be on teaching and mastery (at an age and stage appropriate level) rather than ranking and sorting.[/quote]

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