<p>i got off the waitlist for arts today, but i really want to do management. is it difficult to transfer after first year? also, i also heard terrible stories about the grade deflation. is it really that hard to maintain above a 3.5? like many other students, i’m looking at grad school. thanks.</p>
<p>what do you need a 3.5 for? And yes, it really is that hard. Not because classes in management are super hard (they’re pretty easy), simply because you cannot control the fact that you can do everything right and still end up with a B+ or 3.3. Only a couple of A’s per class will be given, withthe average set at around a B-. You can guarantee an A in certain quant. classes, but in more subjective classes, you just cannot control what grade you get.</p>
<p>Student1, the topic of grade deflation’s been pretty well covered by now. Here are some key notes:</p>
<p>most grad schools are aware of McGill’s grading, ergo you won’t be penalized when thrown in a pool with applicants from other schools. </p>
<p>your class average is at times, posted on your transcript, indicating to employers and adcoms the grading situation. </p>
<p>One poster cited HYPS, MIT, and others among them as institutions several of his peers went on to attend</p>
<p>In short, your main priority should be learning, not grading. A great quote I read from a McGill student was that quickly after he began going to school he realized he wouldn’t be able to make it through his time there if he worried about his grades. Sometimes the TA’s grade inconsistently, it happens, and to circumvent that, he (any probably you) started to only pay attention to what he learned, it worked out for him. </p>
<p>A lot of redundancy there, but therein lies the problem of crusading against the topic of grade deflation. You goto a school to learn, experience something different, and prepare yourself for independence. If you wanted an easy college experience, you would’ve applied to presumably easier schools.</p>