<p>alot of people seem to be saying that grade deflation is good because it puts all majors on equal playing fields. Which is all well and good but the downside is that all schools are not implementing princeton’s strategy (or berkeley’s which is apparently more strict). Hardworking students at princeton will now be less succesful in gaining admission into professional schools because professional schools care more about a fluffy GPA than the conditions a student had in college (i.e, tougher competition for good grades at princeton). I am not saying i would want students to coast by at princeton and rely on their prestigious undergrad to get them through. But it is unfair that a student can work just as hard at princeton as at a lesser tier school and end up more successful by going to that lower tier school.</p>