<p>Intuit. Do you realize that Cornell’s reputation for grade deflation has been greatly exaggerated? Its % A’s is right in line with the rest of the Ivies.</p>
<p>KG: WHY should it be the hardest? I would think the best should have the most talented students, the best faculty, the most sucessful graduates, the best facilities… I could go on forever about characteristics that would make a university great, but low grades would not be among them. Would the students benefit, and how, from lowering the average grades? If not, then why do it?</p>