do liberal arts colleges deflate grades?

flyingllama
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:06:41 +0000

If one med school applicant has a 3.9 GPA from Harvard and a perfect LSAT, and a second applicant has a 3.5 GPA from MIT and a perfect LSAT, which student is the med school more likely to accept? Will he accept the second student because Harvard is notorious for inflation and its likely that the MIT student worked harder for his GPA than the Harvard student? I doubt it.



Med schools use the MCAT… the LSAT is for Law school.

Regardless, I would expect both of those applicants to get in. Correct me if necessary

I still believe that grade inflation is something a student should not reject. Less stress and better chances towards grad school admissions. Remember, top grad schools want to be able to say “average GPA of 3.9!” because it helps their rankings. It’s all a rankings game.