Grade Deflation... is it really that bad?

tiger14
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:53:25 +0000

@orcaa Well of course he thinks Yale’s better – he goes there!

Grade deflation has had zero impact on my life / happiness here. Then again, COS majors don’t really have to worry as much about job prospects. shrugs I secured internship offers for the summer really easily.

Lots of people are really happy at Princeton. Most people who complain about grade deflation use it as a scapegoat. We’d have curved classes anyway even without the policy, and the science / engineering courses haven’t changed the way they grade at all. My first day of COS126 the professor said, “F*** grade deflation! You can get an A in my class if you deserve an A.”

Lots of us are stressed, too, but I think that that would be true regardless…ehhh.