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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son went to a very intense, high-achieving private HS and tells me he feels like Brown, where he is a freshman, is not quite intense enough for his tastes (and he is taking 5 rather 4 classes, all STEM, many with sophomores and even juniors): very soft curves, grade inflation, etc. I know that confirms a cliché but this is his experience. His close friend from HS is at Princeton, which is quite different: strict curves, Cs common, etc.  I suppose the Brown kids are happy, the P kids demoralized? [/quote]

Brown does not give a cut A- thus anything in A- range and A is "4.0". About 45% of each graduating class has a 4.0. Sounds good until you realize it can make it hard to standout for grad school, premed, law other than of course scores. EC/research becomes even more important in such an environment. Princeton however most certainly does not have "common" Cs. Princeton median GPA is 3.78 and in most intro stem courses the median of the curve is a B or B+. Upper level stem can have A- as median. Cs are reserved for the bottom 10% in most classes and in many non-stem classes they just are not given. [/quote]

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