So it’s not about reputation or prestige afterall
January 31st, 2010
At Princeton University, Grumbling About Grade Deflation – NYTimes.com
“There are tons of really great schools with really smart kids applying for the same jobs,” said Jacob Loewenstein, a junior from Lawrence, N.Y., who is majoring in German. “People intuitively take a G.P.A. to be a representation of your academic ability and act accordingly. The assumption that a recruiter who is screening applications is going to treat a Princeton student differently based on a letter is naïve.”
So why did you apply to Princeton as opposed to some lesser known state school with a reputation for easy A’s? How pathetic! Get real, you applied because of the name. If you applied because of the rigor of the program, you wouldn’t be whining now. Is this the result of the Princeton education? Maybe Princeton should reconsider their admission procedures if this is how their students react in the face of “adversity.”

See also:
- Clearly thinking is not a requirement for school management (February 18th, 2010)
- But no guarantees about course availability (February 18th, 2010)
- Tell me this isn’t just politics (January 14th, 2010)
- Do you think he’ll write a book on successful management techniques? (December 29th, 2009)
- Because most people can still master the material even if they don’t under a third of it… (December 27th, 2009)

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