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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Students at Harvard are no smarter than they were in the 90's, and back then the average GPA was below 3.5.

Standards have gotten softer. There should be corrective measures to fix this issue. However, I do fear that lowering GPAs will hurt Harvard students seeking medical and law school admissions. [/quote]

To be fair, they are absolutely smarter than they were in the 1990s.  The kids are just smarter these days.  More accomplished at a young age.  I doubt half the class of 1992 would be able to get in these days.[/quote]

On what basis are you saying this? According to the PISA, students today are definitely NOT as capable and scores are in serious decline. Professors everywhere are complaining about unprepared students. Are you saying students today are smarter based on SAT scores? Because if so, you should really know that they redesigned the SAT to be easier to prep (for equity reasons). This is why high SAT scores are more abundant today, not due to some massive increase in IQ. Neuroscientists have even pointed out that gen Z is less cognitively capable compared to previous generations. This has been all over the news lately.

But if by "more accomplished" you mean more hothoused by parents and strategically packaged by college counselors, then yeah, I am willing to agree with that. [/quote]

I went to Stuyvesant with some really smart kids.  But all you needed was a high GPA, stellar SAT scores and normal ECs to get into pretty much any school. 
My kid went to HYPSM from TJ pre-COVID and he was way smarter and harder working than I ever was.  His friends in high school and in college were the same.\

I don't know how much of this is engineered but my kid was not engineered, just trying to keep up with the Joneses.  It was clear in 9th grade that the resumes were insane.  A kid was a gold medal winner at the international math olympiad, a few regeneron semifinalists, people helping entire school systems in third world countries, just insane.[/quote]

The real question is what are those students doing now. Are they doing anything extraordinary or just regular people?[/quote]

Mostly law, medicine, finance and academia.  A few start-ups.
All pretty high track.[/quote]

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