Some graduate schools, employers still unfamiliar with grade deflation policy

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• 1:30 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  P' 08

  Last year when the dean of admissions from UCLA Law visited, someone mentioned it and he was like "lolwut?"

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• 2:19 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  '09

  Great article Mendy.
  However, of you could please do a follow up that shines the light on to what insitutions Princeton "sends around" word of grade deflation to, that would be really helpful.
  I hear this list is a complete joke----has basically a bunch of i banks and popular non profits and that is it

  If they stand by the system, why don't they attach a letter about grade deflation to every one of our resumes? Informing "a few of the companies in the world" just won't help and is laughab;e

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• 2:20 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  09

  The perils of grade deflation are overblown. Three of my '09 friends got into Yale Law already and they don't have 4.0s.

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• 2:43 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  RE: P'08

  I remember that. Also, stop reading the Prince.

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• 3:24 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  '09

  Sending letters out doesn't quite make up the difference. A high gpa without a grade deflation letter says "I'm awesome, period," while an ok gpa with a grade deflation letter says "I would have been awesome, but my excuse is that other people at Princeton are also awesome."

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• 3:58 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  p09

  You can call it an excuse or you can call it a reason. I don't really see the argument against attaching letters to our transcripts.

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• 7:55 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  08

  the fact of the matter is that there are still certain programs/scholarships that make decisions based purely on numbers (i.e. you will not get a secondary app to this medical school if you don't have a 3.6 or higher). you can't pretend that a grade deflation policy isn't hurting Princeton grads in those instances.

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• 8:34 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  Of course more 08 students got into law school and doctorate programs. They are post-dean Fred tools. Thought that had been established already

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• 8:42 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  go reada book

  the way i see it, there should either be no grades at all, which i'm not opposed to, or grades should honestly reflect student performance. in my experience in teaching princeton undergrads post grade deflation, most students' grades are STILL higher than they truly ought to be (that is, grade inflation still exists; it's just not as bad as it once was). perhaps it's time to stop complaining and to start studying a bit more.

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• 9:06 a.m. on March 25th, 2009

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  GS '10

  Re: P' 08

  It's that kind of enlightened commentary that convinces me that all Princeton undergrads deserve 4.0s. And ponies too.

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