<p>WFU grade deflation is due to the fact that as an institution they never bought into the grade inflation cycle. For the most part, courses are graded on the basis of an expecation of the quality of work rather than on a comparison of other student’s work. There is no institutionally mandated percentages and professors are not required to give grades based on a curve. Some do curve and some don’t. It doesn’t seem to be a problem for professors to give 50% Bs one year and 30% the next. Naturally, there are some department’s that have a reputation for being harder than others. </p>
<p>When a transcript is sent, it is accompanied by a letter from the registrar’s office explaining the grade deflation compared to other universities. Quite some time ago this grade deflation appeared to be a problem for graduate/professional admission but the University became pro active at explaining their policy and overall it appears that most graduate/med/law schools know and accept the grade deflation reputation of WFU and the students don’t suffer inordinately. </p>
<p>In the years since WFU went to a +/- system with 95+ being an A (no A+ exists) only one student has graduated with a 4.0 (valedictorian in 2004) and it doesn’t seem to have hurt their admission record for post graduate work.</p>