Anonymous
11/26/2025 16:57
Subject: Amherst college grade inflated to hell
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Grades have always been BS. What matters is personal impressions for recommendations.
Professors know who the stars are.
But that can be difficult when everyone has the same grades. It should be rare for students to have 4.0s.
Anonymous
11/26/2025 16:43
Subject: Amherst college grade inflated to hell
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DC said there have been a number of meetings and announcements about this, and changes are expected. But curving an 88 to an A in large intro STEM classes seems reasonable to me?
No. It's a B+ and let's keep it that way.
Larger STEM classes typically have curves, for a reason.
Anonymous
11/26/2025 08:09
Subject: Amherst college grade inflated to hell
Anonymous wrote:DC said there have been a number of meetings and announcements about this, and changes are expected. But curving an 88 to an A in large intro STEM classes seems reasonable to me?
No. It's a B+ and let's keep it that way.
Anonymous
11/26/2025 07:49
Subject: Amherst college grade inflated to hell
DC said there have been a number of meetings and announcements about this, and changes are expected. But curving an 88 to an A in large intro STEM classes seems reasonable to me?
Anonymous
11/26/2025 06:14
Subject: Amherst college grade inflated to hell
Anonymous wrote:Grades have always been BS. What matters is personal impressions for recommendations.
Professors know who the stars are.
Anonymous
11/26/2025 03:37
Subject: Amherst college grade inflated to hell
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Way too much grade inflation. This institution cannot be taken seriously.
Given such a flippant remark it is you who cannot be taken seriously.
A vast majority of grades are As. They can't tell who is top 5 or top 50 or even top 100. We need to be honest that Amherst is a joke.