How hard is it to get an A in Princeton??

aparent5
Sat, 04 Jun 2005 23:20:33 +0000

Fer, what you say now makes sense to me. Earlier you wrote: “Considering that (and no disrespect intended) there are going to be athletes and legacies in most classes, it means that an A is really not tough to get.” Seems to me that implies that non-athletes and nonlegacies will find it easy enough to get A’s in various courses, and yet, as you now point out, it’s not true. (I am not, btw, the parent of a student in either category, though I have met quite a few very bright ones in both!) As several students have said, an A or an A-minus at Princeton is a grade to be proud of. In some of the survey courses, so is a B. I don’t mean to be argumentative, but I would hate to see the '09ers get the shock of their lives. ;)