<p>The other thing that makes the place less competitive is that the U goes out of its way to keep private basic stats about GPA. I dare anyone to find anything official (i.e. from a U source, not the Maroon…) that mentions anything about average GPA, GPA distribution or anything closely related. </p>
<p>BTW, the funny thing about grades is that the grade grubbers either lie or round up so vigorously that the effect is the same. So you can’t really know where you stand vis a vis your friends. It is true that some faculty post the stats for exam performance, so you know how you did relative to the rest of the class, but that’s about as good as it gets.</p>