Princeton Requested Graded Paper: Must It Be A Paper That Got an A?

CaliMex
Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:34:34 +0000

When schools ask for a graded paper, they are trying to gauge whether your GPA is due to grade inflation. They already know whether or not you can write: they’ve seen your essays and may even know how you write under pressure if you took a standardized test with a writing component.

Sending a well-written paper that earned a B sends the signal that you had to work harder for your GPA than a kid whose A+ paper isn’t nearly as well written.