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...just how will you benefit from your time abroad? Of utmost importance, you will be able to learn for the sake of learning, unbridled by the fear of failure grade-wise and unintimidated by Harvard’s cutthroat, oftentimes excessively driven student populace. You will also be able to immerse yourself in a foreign culture—sans familial or major work obligations—for longer than will ever be possible again. Finally, so far removed from the stresses and rigmarole of Harvard life, you will doubtless have time to pursue far-flung interests that you would never...
...PRESIDENT OF Princeton's student government makes an interesting case against the school's grade-capping policy, the Daily Princetonian reports, in the wake of a survey that found most students aren't happy with the change. Alex Lenahan says, wait a minute, what if there never was any grade inflation at Princeton? He points to a report from the late 90s that found an increase in "academic 1's and 2's," admissions-speak for the most intelligent students, enrolling at the school. It's a substantial increase: Academic 1's jumped 21 percent between the classes...
...graduation, and the quality of the companies that recruit on their campuses, Kelly said. The “Toughest to Get Into” ranking is one of the only lists that is solely based on information provided by the schools. It takes into account average GMAT scores, undergraduate grade-point averages of students, the acceptance rate of the school, and its matriculation rate...
FOLLOWING THE YDN'S revelation of, let's say, buoyant grades at Yale, the Prince reports that grade-capped Princeton students are (surprise!) not happy with their deflated GPAs. Specifically, 75 percent told the student government that Princeton's grade-deflation policy is having a "negative effect on the University's academic environment." This is from an anoymous comment on the survey: "My grades are much lower than those of my friends from other schools. Why would an employer hire a Princeton grad with a [GPA of] 3.5 instead of a Harvard grad with...
Chatterji and DeSimone analyzed data collected by the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS), which tracked and periodically interviewed approximately 12,000 students starting in 1988, when the students were in eighth grade. The NELS continued to follow them for 12 years, until the year 2000, when most participants in the study were 26 years...