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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When did grades get SO inflated? A's (versus A-s and B+s) were still reasonably difficult to get 20 years ago.  I graduated about 20 years ago and not a single person in my class had straight As (meaning they got all As and not a single A-; there were no A+ grades given so straight As is perfect).[/quote]
Here’s a simple answer that most of the parents here don’t understand: you won’t get a good job without them. Any top internship, research, or opportunity is going to demand at least a 3.7+, which gives you space for a few Bs and A- but not much else. You may argue “but our PhDs should be the top of the top!” But PhD admissions has gotten a bit bizzare and has demanded so much more than when we were at the age to apply. Students needing to balance publications or internships or research co labs during the semester with school and a job and now even winter term internships…there’s really just too much demanded all at once.

DS goes to a top LAC for physics with “excessive” grade inflation. 97% of people in his major go on to a PhD at some point, and they all go on in life and do well. Harvard is kneecapping its students’ opportunities, because the professors have too much ego.[/quote]

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