College Grade Inflation

gobosox
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:41:16 +0000

Some departments are known for giving out easy grades. Do the best you can and don’t worry about what others get, since that’s beyond your control. If everyone else is getting A’s and A-'s, you’ll need more than a good GPA for jobs or grad school, though. You probably already figured that out, though.

Stronger students are uncomfortable with grade inflation because they’d be getting high grades regardless. Mediocre students love grade inflation since it makes them look better than they really are. Professors in some cases like it because they don’t have to deal with students complaining about their grades if they give A’s out like Christmas candy.