<p>Compared to 99.5% of the schools out there, Princeton is not grade deflated. But, it would be unfair to expect top colleges to grade in the same way as state schools.</p>
<p>However, even compared with most of the top 20 colleges, I don’t think Princeton is grade deflated. Where is your evidence that Princeton is more grade deflated than Northwestern or Emory or WashU? Like I said way back in my first post on this thread, I think most top colleges grade pretty much the same (ie with a median GPA in the 3.2-3.3 range). It bothers me when kids from Princeton or Cornell or Uchicago think they somehow have it tougher than kids at other top colleges.</p>