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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the tangible, long term negative affects of more kids getting As? Are these kids unable to find jobs? Are they unable to perform at work if they do find jobs? [/quote]

Dumbing down is not good.[/quote]

But what are the alternatives?

Stricter grading leads to more dropouts and more suicides.

Stricter grading also makes it harder for students to get internships and jobs, and harder for them to get into law school and med school.

Nobody likes grade inflation but nobody likes suicide, drop outs, or unemployed/underemployed alums, either. [/quote]

Number of jobs and seats at law school and med school stay the same, and they will be filled with qualified students.

Under qualified students should not be admitted in the first place and should get out if not at the right place.

That's better for the whole country in the long run.[/quote]

Harvard changing its policy will have no effect on the whole country in the long run. Under-qualified students from other schools that continue to practice grade inflation will step up to take those law school and med school seats. [/quote]

No because they need to get a good score in LSAT or MCAT. Under qualified will be weeded out, whether from Harvard or somewhere else.[/quote]

In the meantime, they’ve made the LSAT easier. Law schools are very frustrated about how difficult it is to distinguish between students these days, and it’s even more frustrating for excellent students who have very few ways to distinguish themselves. [/quote]
Then maybe the need a real admissions formula that actually considers rigor. Sorry but the current law school admissions process where they consider someone in a laughably easy sociology major above other applicants with much harder courses is beyond broken. They could discern between candidates if they chose to not be lazy.[/quote]

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