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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's fair to say that the average Harvard student is smarter than the average student.

And I think it's fair to say that Organic Chemistry or Econ 101 etc are classes that should be covering the same material more or less no matter the university you are in.

So it makes sense to me that way more Harvard students are getting As in that class than average. I think most Harvard kids should be getting As to be honest.

Now this idea that kids are coming into Harvard unprepared is just a slam on their admissions office full stop. that's a failure. [/quote]

The average GPA at Harvard has risen dramatically in the last 20 years. Are you arguing that today’s Harvard students are that much smarter than they were 20 years ago?[/quote]

100%.  they take 3 kids out of 100. [/quote]

That argument might work if Harvard was selecting for test scores and academic performance only and taking the top 3% under that criteria. But gpa’s started rising when Harvard got rid of test scores as a criteria for admission. The admission rate was 9% 20 years ago and their test scores were higher (on a harder test). The kids aren’t smarter.[/quote]

You wish this were true but grade inflation predated TO. It did ramp up under TO but that is far more likely to be COVID related not TO related.[/quote]

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