I had a question about whether graduate schools care about where you did you undergraduate study. I didn't see anything in the tags, but perhaps i'm not looking hard enough
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My friend is taking some math classes at Yale, and got a 60-something on the first test. She went to talk to the prof about dropping because she was concerned about failing. The prof was like "oh, we don't give below B's unless there are serious extenuating circumstances." My friend asked why and the prof said (rolling her eyes), "Because if you're good enough to get into Yale, you don't get below B's." So apparently, the test was "curved" up to the B range. My friend was pretty indignant, even thought it helped her. We went to a top college, too, but that would just NOT fly. So the prof didn't even think it's legit, but the grade inflation is institutionalized! The sense of entitlement is ridiculous. When you go to a school, you ought to be judged on that school's standards, not compared to some hypothetical students all over the country.
Anyway, to the OP: adcoms probably know about grade inflation or deflation if it's a school as well-known as Yale or Chicago, but if not (or just to be safe), perhaps have your LOR writers address it. It will sound more legit coming from them.
Anyway, to the OP: adcoms probably know about grade inflation or deflation if it's a school as well-known as Yale or Chicago, but if not (or just to be safe), perhaps have your LOR writers address it. It will sound more legit coming from them.
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