<p>Going back over 10 years, S was on the staff of The Hustler his freshman and sophomore years. During one of those years, he introduced me to a young lady who was the editor when we encountered her walking across campus. As we moved on, he mentioned she’d been admitted to a prestigous law school and talked about how the law schools adjust for grade inflation/deflation when you submit all transcripts to the clearing house. He told me Vandy was grade deflated then. I’m making this point because grade deflation is nothing new for Vanderbilt and I know many young people who have survived and thrived despite it (law school/med school/grad school). The university seems to have done pretty well for itself in the last dozen years as well.</p>