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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So no one in engineering/math classes get A’s?  Sounds like more of a grading issue by professors with no background in education assessment.[/quote]

Well most high schools inflate grades, take away final exams. And give easy A’s.

Ironically so does Ivy’s and other top schools. There was a whole article on easy A’s in Harvard. Brown has pas fail courses.

But math/science classes at big schools are hard and many kids don’t realize you actually have to work for and earn your A’s. So yes, harder to get A’s, but not impossible. That said, getting all B’skeeps any 3.0 scholarship. And [b]you can always find easy classes for A’s to help keep the GPA up[/b]. Most schools have yoga for 1 credit. Movie and culture classes with no homework besides some reading for 3 credits. As long as your aware of your GPA, it is usually doable to maintain. Partying and praying to get a great final grade to bump things up, never happens. [/quote]

At my son's engineering school, the only classes that count toward getting into the specific engineering major are the technical ones.  He could get an A in graduate level political theory and it wouldn't help the GPA any more than basket weaving. [/quote]

This thread is about merit aid and your GPA towards all your classes indeed counts. I have never seen a merit package say that specific classes only count. [/quote]

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