Do admissions officers know about Cal's grade deflation?

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>The [California</a> community colleges](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/Californiacc.html]California”>California Community Colleges) as a system have had slight grade deflation over the years. [UC</a> Riverside](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/UCriverside.html]UC”>http://www.gradeinflation.com/UCriverside.html) deflated a quarter grade point from 1992 to 2000 (though no more recent data is listed). [MIT[/url</a>] inflated until the 1970s, then had slight deflation to 1999 (no more recent data).</p>

<p>The [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com%5Dvarious”&gt;http://www.gradeinflation.com]various</a> CSUs (at the bottom of the page)](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/MIT.html]MIT[/url”>MIT) and [UC</a> Irvine](<a href=“http://www.gradeinflation.com/Ucirvine.html]UC”>UC Irvine) have had relatively little grade inflation compared to other schools.</p>

<p>Of course, a high school student looking at pre-law or pre-med and does not care about anything other than a good GPA for that purpose could look in the data to see if there are any schools with relatively high average grades with relatively low student competitiveness.</p>