| prospect2013: So far, I'll be honest, I think I've largely gotten the grades I've deserved in classes. I think a lot of the dissatisfaction with grade deflation comes from the fact that Princeton students by and large got ridiculously uniformly high marks in high school, and expect that (maybe subconsciously) to continue.
Look I don't love grade deflation - I mean, really, why wouldn't I like having better grades, even if it didn't move me relative to other students? But I don't hate it either - it's not unfair or anything. I think there's just a tad bit of entitlement mentality in the anti-grade deflation movement.
What I think about the numbers getting worse is that as time goes on, the sheen of Princeton begins to wear off a bit (as it does with anything - new house, cool new video game, new car, whatever), and the faults become more apparent. I really don't think it's a surprising thing. Moreover, I think that since grade deflation would have been most recent with seniors, and still very recent for juniors and so forth, they would be more likely to be unhappy with it, whereas those of us applying now (and in the future) take it as more of a given. |