Grade Inflation Article

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http://moneywatch.bnet.com/spending...ges-with-the-easiest-and-hardest-grades/3170/

[B]Colleges & Universities With the Toughest Grades[/B]

 [B][B]East[/B][/B]

 
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[*]Boston University
[*]MIT
[*][B][URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/education/31princeton.html?_r=1"]Princeton University[/URL][/B]
[*]Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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 [B][B]Midwest/South[/B][/B]

 
 
[LIST]
[*]Auburn University
[*]Florida International University
[*]Hampden-Sydney College
[*]Purdue University
[*]Roanoke College
[*]Southern Polytechnic State
[*]University of Houston
[*]Virginia Commonwealth University
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 [B]West[/B]

 
[LIST]
[*]Cal State University-Fullerton
[*]Harvey Mudd College
[*]Reed College
[*]Simon Fraser University (Canada)
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 [B]Where Are the Easiest Graders?[/B]

 Highly selective schools, both public and private, tend to award much higher grades.  In a paper on [URL="http://i.bnet.com/blogs/grade-inflation.pdf"]grade inflation[/URL],  Rojstaczer insisted, that wealthy students, who gravitate to private  colleges in greater numbers, are receiving unfair advantage by having  access to easier A's.
 At private schools the average GPA is 3.30 and at some of these schools the average is 3.5 or even 3.6. At [B][URL="http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/0324/p09s02-coop.html"]Brown University[/URL][/B], two thirds of the grades are A's. It's hard to imagine kids trying too hard when they know everybody is going to "earn" an A.
 Professors at less selective colleges and universities tend to give  out lower grades.Overall, students at state universities earn lower  grades than their peers are private schools. According to Rojstaczer,  the average GPA is 3.01 at state schools, but the GPA at many state  flagships the GPA is 3.2.
 Despite grade inflation, most students do not earn all A's, according  to federal education statistics. According to the feds, 11% of students  attending public institutions get mostly "A's" while 17% of students at  private schools earned the same distinction. Eleven percent of   students at public schools earn mostly A's and B's, while 15.5% of  private school students do.

I just thought I'd post this, as it's pretty relevant in the admissions process since most schools factor in your undergraduate institution (to be fair and all).