Question about Cornell Life

norcalguy
Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:41:38 +0000

I really think Cornellians should get over their defensiveness. Yes, Cornell has a problem with grade inflation. Yes, Cornell has started to address it. Step 1 was removing the median grade reports from the internet. I don’t mind if it institutes a school-wide grading policy like Princeton did. If the school has a problem, let’s not turn a blind eye to it. Princeton didn’t. Cornell shouldn’t either. And certainly, we shouldn’t be spending our time scaring prospective freshmen about how hard the school is. Cornell is challenging in some majors, a lot less challenging in other majors. It is not unfairly difficult in any major. You do not need to study 24/7. Many students get 3.9’s and above. The average GPA is 3.4. If you look at the median grade reports (before they were removed), the vast majority of classes had medians of B+ or A-.