<p>goldenboy,</p>
<p>I took GMAT and GRE before and there’s absolutely nothing there that’s related to your college courses. You just need time to practice. Perhaps Duke students just have more time at their hands to prep for those tests; after all, the normal load is only 4 courses per semester there while at NU, it’s 4 courses per <em>quarter</em>. I am sure when the President came up with a plan to reduce the number of courses, he did some benchmarking with other peers.</p>
<p>Another thing is we don’t know who made up those applicants. The specialty schools give out As like candies while the arts and sciences school isn’t like that. A 3.47 from any specialty school is actually below average and isn’t really the same as getting a 3.47 as a poli sci major. That Daily Northwestern article was written because of easy As at schools like Medill; when the average GPA isn’t uniform across the 6 schools, it’s difficult to analyze Northwestern, let along comparing it with others.</p>