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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So is this true of all Ivy schools? Hard part is getting in? All Ivy and top schools have grade inflation? Everyone gets A’s without going to class? Then of course we have AI to help with HW, writing etc. [/quote]

No, they’re on a spectrum with Harvard being the easiest. In part because many professors don’t engage much with UGs and grad TAs do a lot of the grading (and are busy themselves). It’s easier to give As than explain in detailed feedback why it’s a B. Plus many H students are savvy and know how to select easier courses and coast to an A. Brown is also known to be pretty easy, Dartmouth too. Columbia tougher, professors hands off. Yale and Princeton tougher as well, but more UG engagement. Cornell the toughest.[/quote]

Unfortunately this is nothing new, and it can’t be blamed on recorded lectures. This has been true for at least 40 years. Much of the Ivy League is like this, where the hardest part was getting in. I think a lot of them have been more comparable to grad programs where almost everyone gets an A and slackers get a B. I had a friend tell me a long time ago that she would have had to screw up royally to get a C and even then the professor would try to avoid it. Just the way it is.  I understand that there are a lot of factors that go into getting a good education, so I’m not necessarily picking on these schools, but it does seem a bit wrong when kids have to compete to get into grad schools and many are coming from colleges that have no trouble issuing Bs and Cs. [/quote]

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