BU Grade Deflation is Very Real

BUBailey
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:49:31 +0000

It’s pretty impossible to answer that question since your high school grades are probably not an accurate predictor of college success. Sure, there’s some correlation…but everyone changes when they come to college. Kids who coasted through high school start making Cs because they’ve never had to study. Students who struggled in high school but worked super hard end up doing well because they know how to budget their time.

Don’t be scared of grade deflation. I did not experience it at BU except for maybe in one instance. And to be honest, I just assumed I did poorly, not that the professor or the curve screwed me over.