<p>WashU is not cutthroat. I’m not going to make any comparisons between other schools because frankly, I’ve never attended those other schools so I wouldn’t know beyond what I’ve heard, which is hearsay.</p>
<p>Getting an A is relative to the individual person and to the class. If you’re in the sciences, the class is curved. You will get 50% on chemistry tests and end up relatively OK grade wise because of the curve. There are easier classes than others.</p>
<p>Kind of along what vbball touched on, WashU is not a cakewalk. I study hard for my classes (that’s what I’m doing right now, just taking a break at the moment… haha). But there are no cakewalks in your list of colleges.</p>