College Grade Inflation

bluebayou
Sat, 12 Jan 2013 10:58:59 +0000

Other schools average grades in these subjects to a B/B+.



As a blanket statement, that is patently false. Many publics, (which really means ‘most’ colleges), curve to a C+. And they give out D’s and F’s. (Organic at BC does not go that low.) Rumor has it that the college down the street, BU, has lower science grades than BC.

Sure, Brown has an B+/A- average, even in the sciences, but other than HYP, a B+ in the premed prereqs is extremely rare.



I know for sure that BC’s Premed Office is extremely proud of its low GPAs and grade deflation.



Bunk. You cannot “know” that because it is just not true. (Do you really think the “premed office” has any sway over how a professor/department grades? Do you really think a professor cares what the advisor thinks? If so, why?)

Premed science at EVERY college is competitive as heck. It has been that way for decades. (It must be part of the science professors’ DNA.)