BU Grade Deflation is Very Real

BUBailey
Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:35:55 +0000

I just think the whole grade deflation thing is overblown. I’m in law school now and we all just accept that only 5 students in our class will get As. Grades are the main way of separating the top students. I’ve posted this on here before, but rank-ordering is crucial in life. It’s the only way grad schools and employers are really going to know who to hire/admit. I know it sucks when you feel like you were going to do better than a C, but the fact that you got a C necessarily means that people did better than you. I’ve been there and it blows, but it’s just the way life is. It makes you stronger in the long run, and it makes you all the more impressive when you do well at BU.