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i've read articles about Boston University's grade deflation... Anyone know anything about it?
how bad is it? i heard they try to average it out to a C+.. and does this occur at most colleges? this is making me seriously reconsider my decision to attend BU!!! PLS GIMME INFO ON BU!!!

By Mynameisbob (Mynameisbob) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 03:25 pm: Edit

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By Fallentear04 (Fallentear04) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 04:44 pm: Edit

At an Open House there (held approximately two weeks after everyone started talking about BU grade deflation), they stated that they tend not to go by a bell curve per se, it just happens to work out that way (in most cases).

By Emyh (Emyh) on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 03:40 am: Edit

I talked to an alum who said the average grade was a B, or at best B+. As aren't too common there, I gather. But nothing back breaking death defying hard.

By Syme (Syme) on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 11:53 am: Edit

University of Toronto does that too - actually professors (of classes over a certain threshold in size - which is almost every class) have to justify giving out class averages of above a B- (most of my classes have had a C or C+ average).

That said, from what I've heard, universities looking at grad school applicants, or law schools will take this into account. I imagine it would be the same with Boston University... Hopefully it is, as it would really suck to get shafted by your university's quixotic war on grade inflation.

By Dogs (Dogs) on Friday, April 30, 2004 - 02:02 pm: Edit

Just like undedgrad admssions officers know which HSs give out As at the drop of a coin the grad admisisons folks know where an A means an A relative to so-called inflation/deflation--so its meaningless as far as grad school admisions. Work hard, do your best, and it all works out.