Grade Inflation/Deflation at Cornell?

norcalguy
Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:26:49 +0000

An A is 4.0. An A+ is 4.3. An A- is 3.7.

Best honor society (as is the case at every school) is Phi Beta Kappa. It’s only open to CAS students though as it is an liberal arts honor society. I know there are other honor societies for engineers, etc.

Difficulty of getting an A+ will depend on the class. Some professors don’t give A+'s. Some professors only give an A+ to the top student. Some professors give A+'s to the top few students. Some professors give an A+ as long as you pass the score cutoff (for example, 98%+ in Bio290 is an A+).

I graduated with around 8 A+'s (1 per semester) so it can’t be that hard.