<p>So basically, what you’re arguing that the same course at Dartmouth gives higher grade than the same course at MIT, especially technical courses? </p>
<p>While I can see why someone would assume so, is there actually hard evidence to back that theory? From what I’ve seen, grading depends significantly on the instructor and department. For example, Thermodynamics from Chemistry may differ significantly in grading as opposed to thermo in chemical engineering.</p>
<p>In reality, I think you might find a few specific example schools that might exhibit abornmal grade inflation/deflation. However, I still maintain that for the majority of schools of approximately same selectivity and curriculums, there is not very much of a difference in grade inflation/deflation.</p>
<p>The OP’s list:</p>
<p>Brown
Dartmouth
Penn
Northwestern
Wash U
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
UChicago </p>
<p>All of these schools are pretty well-rounded and I’d expect similar grade inflation/deflation, except for maybe Brown.</p>