Grade Deflation... is it really that bad?

FightTheTide11
Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:21:55 +0000

When I was referring to the A-/B+ gap, I was meaning to point out that the letter had more of a psychological effect than the corresponding number. One B+ versus one A- can make a huge psychological difference early (in the first semester, it’s a 0.1 difference in GPA), but by senior year, its impact will have dropped to less than 0.02 on one’s GPA.

If anyone says EEB is easier than MOL, it’s because EEB majors get course credit to go to Bermuda and scuba dive while MOL majors are stuck culturing cells in lab. EEB is probably more fun, so some stuck-up MOL majors will brag about how much more difficult MOL is. No one else really cares. And of the five or so EEBs I can think of off the top of my head, at least three are pre-med. It’s a popular option for EEB majors.