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<p>Okay, let me revise my comment and put it another way: “Williams, Swarthmore and several others are known for not succumbing to grade inflation.” A B+ GPA at these schools is known to graduate school admissions as an excellent accomplishment. </p>
<p>And in graduate and professional school admissions, the personal relationships with professors factors in again. The professors who are mentoring during the undergraduate years are the same people who are writing recommendations and making introductions at the grad schools they attended.</p>