No Grade Deflation in Northeast Schools?

[bluebayou]

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I’ve read that law school admission is solely based on GPA and LSAT scores.

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<p>Absolutely correct.</p>

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So what your are saying is that when I apply to law schools, these schools will know whether my college inflates or deflates grades?

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<p>With relatively few exceptions (such as Swat, Reed, & Chicago), not really. Adcoms will not care if the 3.7 from Harvard (or Stanford) was “easy” in comparison to your 3.3 from ‘highly competitive Uni’. The simple fact is that the 3.3 will bring down their USNews ranking (not a good thing), so that applicant better have an excellent LSAT. </p>

<p>Of course one downside with Brown (and other generous p/f schools) is that professional school adcoms will look askance at a transcript that is loaded with p/f courses. Anyone will recognize that Organic chem can be a whole lot less stressful if every other class that semester is p/f.</p>