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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s an intense environment that I wouldn’t want my kid to be in but if your kid thrives in that kind of environment…[/quote]
That intense environment is pervasive — nary a classroom is empty when class is not in session. Just room after room of grinders, grinding. DC took it off the list.[/quote]

This comes up very often as a negative for certain elite schools. I'm not sure what the arguments is unless it's for an easy A. I want my scientists, doctors, and engineers to have actually worked hard in a competitive environment and risen to the top.[/quote]
If you’re a scientist, doctor, and engineer you’re working hard anyway. Your undergrad performance in class says very little about your ability to carry out research or patient care. It’s definitely needed that you do well, because it shows discipline and some understanding of the subject, but the adoration with grade inflation is mostly just performance art of who “has it” and doesn’t.[/quote]

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