Which colleges don't have difficult competition/grading?

belevitt
Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:52:34 +0000

I am not sure that I read this correctly, la la. Places where marijuana is more abundant does not ensure grade inflation. Anecdotal evidence suggests that UW Madison and UMich (Ann Arbor) both have a high prevalence of wacky tobaccy but are well known for stiff grading practices.

If you are interested in finding places with less stringent grading practices, check average undergraduate gpas for students in the department you are interested in. Also note that in the sciences, certain classes (organic chemistry for one) are “weed out” classes where a high number of students get low grades in order to dissuade the overwhelming numbers of students that come in as pre meds. Organic chemistry was the only class that I ever received a C in and it had a pretty detrimental effect on my overall GPA.