<p>Well I do know a kid who got less than stellar grades at Princeton who decided he wasn’t smart enough for Neuroscience and ended up a psych major. He should have graduated two years ago, but still hasn’t written his senior thesis. His mother is convinced that Princeton’s lack of grade inflation damaged his fragile ego. Honestly though, most kids survived Princeton just fine. He’s one of those over-helicoptered kids. My son meanwhile went off to a top program in his field. After one semester on the Dean’s List quickly learned how to stop getting straight A’s and graduated without any honors at all, but did do what it took to get his dream job. He’s always worked very hard at the things he cares about and has never made an effort to get a better grade for any kind of gaming the system. To a fault at times - but it was amusing to hear his AP Bio teacher talk about how he was one of the few kids who never bothered with extra credit opportunities. He thought his grade was good enough and he preferred reading computer science manuals than do extra labs.</p>