Grades
More on GPA over SAT
Ta-Nehisi Coates – Authors – The Atlantic That point on focusing on the GPA over high SATs is interesting. More evidence for the top ten percent rule at UT Austin. What does it say about the SAT if people with higher gpas from “less challenging” schools are more likely to graduate than those with higher [...]
So it’s not about reputation or prestige afterall
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 [...]