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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's the education system in the country being messed up.  High schools supposed to get kids college ready, but they are not doing their job.  They give out easy grades, the College board gives out high sat scores and high AP scores.  Every one has high stats, and everyone seems happy.

When they are in college (any college, state uni or T25), they suddenly found out that they were under prepared.  The valedictorian in high school suddenly found out they are getting their first C or D in life.  Mental stress, depression follows.

Ivy leagues make it super easy for the students by inflating GPA to the moon.  Everyone gets at least a B+.  So they are fine.

But state univ are unforgiving with touch curves.  Many kids at state univ suffer compared to ivy leagues.[/quote]
This is true.

Ivy leagues have a "too big to fail" type mentality and don't want to have a high drop out rate or low GPA average for the student body. They will do whatever it takes to keep you in there and pass the class,  including letting you drop a class right before final and retake the class over and over.

You can't do that in big state u.  It's a sink or swim.[/quote]

Tell me you didn't go to an Ivy.

I just roll my eyes at all of the Ivy comments on these boards.  You have very high test scores, perfect AP exams and rigorous course loads---with 3-5% acceptance rates.  The kids getting into Ivies aren't chumps. Grades were not given out like candy.  And, no we couldn't drop a class whenever we wanted. WTF.

UVA was known to have the biggest grade inflation when my sister was there.  Pretty much talk to any UVA student and they had at least a 3.9.[/quote]

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