"The trouble with grade inflation: It works Easy A’s really do open doors, suggests a new study."

[MIch elle]

I could have told you this with my limited knowledge of the high school to college admission process.

 

http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/08/31/the-trouble-with-grade-inflation-works/tL6am7MEz56f3PA2MD7I3I/story.html

[Gwen in VA]

Fascinating article -- though kind of depressing.

[maize]

Discouraging.

[annabanana1992]

How did the authors conclude which schools inflated grades?

[Candid]

The puzzling part to me is that my readings indicate that in undergraduate admissions, schools look at class rank over GPA when at all possible. 

[Julie in MN]

Candid, I don't think the article talks about undergrad admissions. It talks about graduate school and the job market.

 

My son told me something similar -- employers just couldn't resist that lovely 4.0, even if they knew the employee was not the best candidate for the job.

 

I imagine that somewhere down the line, that becomes less important. I'll have to ask him how it looks now that he's been employed several years.

 

Julie

[Candid]

Candid, I don't think the article talks about undergrad admissions. It talks about graduate school and the job market.

 

My son told me something similar -- employers just couldn't resist that lovely 4.0, even if they knew the employee was not the best candidate for the job.

 

I imagine that somewhere down the line, that becomes less important. I'll have to ask him how it looks now that he's been employed several years.

 

Julie

 

Yes, I saw that too. That is what is puzzling. 

[asta]

My son's uni refuses to even look at US transcripts, saying they are "worthless indicators" due to uneven standards and grade inflation.  He had the choice of submitting either the SAT or ACT and then either a certain number of AP exam results or SAT subject tests.  

 

It's kind of sad that the EU has figured it out and the US hasn't.

 

 

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