College Discussion - View Single Post - So, how will grade deflation really affect the students' future?

Alumother · 04-15-2008, 06:00 PM

myau - we are from the Bay Area too. My daughter attended one of the private Catholic high schools. She too got straight As in high school, the only A- was in PE

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At Princeton she gets As in the classes in her major, and in the classes she has a special interest in. The rest are Bs. I think she is in the 2nd quintile.

She works hard, but has a LOT of time for the rest of her life. Sleep isn't really one of her activities most of the time, but she is more than surviving.

We aren't really worried about grade deflation. I think the kids to ask are the pre-law, pre-med kids. Although if ec1234 has gotten a job offer from a top management consulting firm, well, you have to assume his/her 2nd -3rd quintile GPA from Princeton is pretty darn impressive. Congrats ec.

04-15-2008, 06:00 PM	#4
Alumother Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Northern California Threads: 100 Posts: 2,647	myau - we are from the Bay Area too. My daughter attended one of the private Catholic high schools. She too got straight As in high school, the only A- was in PE. At Princeton she gets As in the classes in her major, and in the classes she has a special interest in. The rest are Bs. I think she is in the 2nd quintile. She works hard, but has a LOT of time for the rest of her life. Sleep isn't really one of her activities most of the time, but she is more than surviving. We aren't really worried about grade deflation. I think the kids to ask are the pre-law, pre-med kids. Although if ec1234 has gotten a job offer from a top management consulting firm, well, you have to assume his/her 2nd -3rd quintile GPA from Princeton is pretty darn impressive. Congrats ec.