Denison vs Davidson vs GWU for pre-med

[JBraun]

I don’t have any personal experience but here’s a couple of CC threads:

how accurate is the Davidson grade deflation rumor??

<p>I am seriously looking at Davidson College for the class of 2018 (I will apply this fall), I visited the campus, loved it, it seems like it has everything going for it in terms of a college, all except the dreaded grade deflation. My question is, how accurate is this rumor? I realize it is a challenging school, I'm up for that. What I'm NOT up for is being compared to other students and being graded based off of their talent. Does this happen? </p> <p>If professors are so caring and helpful, how is grade deflation such an issue? This does not make sense to me. </p> <p>Anyone with credible info on this subject- your help is much appreciated!! Thanks!</p>

Grade deflation in Davidson

<p>I'm an entering freshman as well and am too a bit concerned. However, I've visitited Davidson three times, two for visits and one for Decision Davidson. During those, I believe I was around at least 15 students who addressed this question and all of them had the same response. All of them said the academics are tough and all of them said they have never learned so much. However, they all said professors want nobody to fail and will never purposely 'deflate' a students grade. You get what you earn. They also said the way to avoid freaking out about this sterotype is to take courses which interest you, work hard, and you will be find. They each said they know many students who have high GPAs, 3.5+ and still have time for the social aspect of Davidson. I can definately understand the worry as a future student myself, however, I think its safe to say that hard work, perseverance, and a good course selection will stabilize the stress level.</p>

Urgent: Is Davidson too hard?

That’s a 3.4 or 3.5 at Davidson, not some giant State school. You’ll have letters of recommendation from professors who know you really well, instead of letters from professors at a giant State school that say “Student X received a grade of Y in my giant lecture course.” To help you out, it would be helpful to know the alternative school. All I can say at this point is that Davidson has blown me away with their commitment to providing a kinds, supportive community, the motivation of their students, and the incredible leadership shown by their President (Quillen) during this chaos. I’ve been on college campuses since 1988 (at all kinds of schools – top 10 schools, small private schools, giant State schools, etc.) and, trust me, Davidson is special.