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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were on a tour of Swarthmore and the student tour guide told us that they call a B at Swarthmore "an A anywhere else"
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So many schools say that and it's always self-important bull crap.

The average GPA of Swarthmore graduates in 2013 was 3.56. I'm sure it's only increased since then as grade inflation has become more rampant. A's are no harder to come by at Swarthmore than at Bucknell.

https://www.gradeinflation.com/Swarthmore.html[/quote]

Uh, 2013?

Swathmore doesn't even tell students their GPAs.

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2024/03/28/its-time-for-swarthmore-to-tell-us-our-gpas/[/quote]

Did you even read the article you cited? They don't include GPA on semester grade reports, but they certainly give grades, and students are free to calculate their GPA. The school even provides a calculator on their website to do so.

According to the link I provided, the median Swarthmore GPA at graduation rose from around 2.8 in the 1980s to almost 3.6 in 2013. Are you implying it has trended back the other way in the last decade? Any evidence to support this claim? ("Tour guides say a B here is an A everywhere else" doesn't count as evidence.)[/quote]

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