<p>It’s interesting that you mentioned those schools, because my boyfriend goes to Harvard and I attend Umass Amherst.</p>
<p>I will tell you this: Harvard is infamous for grade inflation because they never want people to flunk out, as it would hurt their rankings. Umass has no problem letting you flunk out if you do poorly; Harvard won’t let you. Sidenote: Harvard will also not expel you unless you literally do something drastically heinous; I know someone at Harvard that was politely asked to “take a year off” for selling drugs on campus. </p>
<p>Anyways, from what I have seen, yes, you’re going to have approximately the same GPA from both schools if you majored in the same thing and worked equally hard. However, since Harvard practices grade inflation (not to say that Umass doesn’t, but definitely not to the same degree), you would have to keep that in mind when comparing the two. I’m not saying one is easier or harder, I’m just saying you can’t say that a 4.0 at Harvard is way more difficult to obtain than one from another school.</p>