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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

+1. One of my graduate school higher level stats problem sets was looking at selectivity and qualifications of admitted students over time.  Anyone who thinks it was harder and more selective in the 1990s is willfully blind or shockingly ignorant. [/quote]

Colleges have gotten crazy selective. However, the students admitted are not actually more intelligent. Anyone who believes the current generation of students is more capable than previous generations has their head in the sand and is avoiding unpleasant realities. Whether it is because of screens or something else, the kids are not alright and need help.[/quote]

Students nowadays are definitely not smarter. My partner went to HYP in the 90s and he was reading 500-700 pages a week and nowadays students struggle to read a book. Students have more tools and resources nowadays and can solve problems better, but their stamina and critical thinking are not as strong as they were a generation ago.[/quote]

Rather than imposing an artificial scale change, wouldn’t it make more sense for faculty [b]to go back to assigning large readings[/b]? I really don’t understand why they have moved away from this. This would be better academically than the lazy way of just putting a 20% cap on a class. [/quote]

L[b]OL. You would be shocked to find that even HYP kids these days could never do large readings. [/quote][/b]

Yes, due to DEI and test optional.  Fortunately, we are moving away from that disaster.[/quote]

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