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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand what you are saying about business and law school rankings. Your kid will be an undergrad and here are some considerations:

1. UVA has an undergrad business program, which you apply to as an undergrad for the last two years. Duke actually does not have any undergrad business.

2[b]. Not sure what law has to do with it. Law isn't an undergrad major and if you want to go to a good law school, get a good LSAT score and a good GPA in anything. [/quote][/b]

But UVA offers an Honors seminar program in politics (if you can get into it) and a major in Politics, Philosophy and the Law.  It's law school is one of the most selective in the nation.  My DS's roommate got into Duke Law but not UVA.[/quote]

[b]So what?  [/quote][/b]

The PP says "not sure what law has to do with it . . Law isn't and undergrad major".  PP was answering the question.  Also, it's more difficult statistically to get into UVA law than Duke.  UVA feeds into UVA Law.[/quote]

Pri[b]nceton doesn't have a law school so those poor bastard undergraduates stand no change of going to law school.  [/quote][/b]

I know you are being sarcastic but Princeton grads do have a problem with that because of PRinceton's grade deflation.  the T-14 law schools are looking at GPA to report.  They know Princeton grades hard but when it comes to taking someone with a 4.0 from a SLAC v. a 3.32 from Princeton, most schools trying to climb that rankings list will go with the 4.0.[/quote]
I[b] doubt that any schools have grade deflation.  Princeto[/b]n might have tougher grading than Brown (pretty much all schools have tougher grading than Brown), but still relatively high GPAs on average.  Yale Law, which is generally considered the most selective law school, publishes periodically the undergraduate institutions of its students.  Princeton was 3rd behind Yale and Harvard.  [/quote]

Google is your friend.  Princeton has grade deflation.  I have personal experience with it.  https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/10/end-grade-deflation-princeton-university-inflation-as/310231/[/quote]

Math is also your friend.  What is the overall GPA trend below?  What you are looking at was really an abandoned attempt to stem inflation.  https://qz.com/277288/princeton-is-giving-up-ground-in-its-fight-against-grade-inflation/

1969 2.83
1971  2.94
1972  2.96
1973  2.99
1974 3.04
1975 3.04
1976 3.06
1977 3.09
1978 3.10
1979 3.12
1980 3.10
1981 3.10
1982 3.11
1983 3.11
1984 3.11
1985 3.12
1986 3.12
1987 3.16
1988 3.15
1989 3.16
1990 3.17
1991 3.19
1992 3.21
1993 3.22
1994 3.25
1995 3.26
1997 3.34
1998 3.33
1999 3.35
2000 3.37
2001 3.36
2002 3.38
2003 3.35
2004 3.34
2005 3.29
2006 3.28
2007 3.28
2008 3.29
2009 3.28
2010 3.29
2011 3.29
2012 3.31
2013 3.32
2014 3.39[/quote]

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