What are the most DIFFICULT schools?

interesteddad
Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:25:31 +0000

there are exceptions in interesteddad’s list, most noticeably harvard, princeton, and stanford. all are known for grade inflation. princeton’s been trying to cut back on it though.



I think all three of those schools have multiple personalities, among which is a sizeable cohort of very hardcore academic types who are very engaged in academic pursuits at a high level.

Those three schools are a bit like an elephant. It kinda depends which part the blind men are feeling. You could describe each school as pre-professional in focus and be right. Turn around and look at a different part and you’ll see UChicago. That is true at any school to some degree, of course. But most schools don’t have 14% of their total graduates getting PhDs like Princeton and Harvard.