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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grade inflation is so bad these days that you have to be a real fuckup not to receive some kind of "honors".[/quote]

My ex went to Harvard and pretty much everyone graduates with honors. No one gets less than a B+.[/quote]

[b]Not true. At Harvard, the total getting summa is capped at 4 to 5 percent, and the total getting magna and summa is capped at 20 percent. The total getting any sort of honors is capped at the top half of the class.[/quote][/b]

I dont' think this is exactly right, at Harvard's law school the top for summa was set - it wasn't made every year.  My year had no summas (I graduated cum).  About every ten yeras someone would make summa.  When the first woman made summa (long after I left), it was a big deal.  The Harvard literature says now that the set GPA for summa is set at exactly 4.75 (4.0 was the max. when I attended), so if no one in the class hits that then there are not summas that year.[/quote]

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