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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gee, maybe the students at Harvard, Yale, Brown, Amherst, Pomona, and Stanford are smart.[/quote]

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). [/quote]
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.[/quote]

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

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The 3.44 above is the average. The MEDIAN at Cornell is 3.6. [/quote]

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