91% of Harvard Students Graduate with Honors

[AdmissionsConsultants]

http://www.boston.com/globe/metro/packages/harvard_honors/

This Boston Globe article from 2 years ago has some insightful information on grade inflation at Harvard. In June 2001, a record 91 percent of Harvard students graduated with some type of honors (summa, magna, or cum laude), which was far more than Yale (51 percent), Princeton (44 percent), and other elite universities the Globe study examined.

Yes, the admissions officers are already aware of this issue and do factor it into their accept/reject/waitlist decisions.

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[umichguy]

Does Admissions at various medical schools recognize the difference in GPA between someone in Engineering vs. someone that is not? Thanks! I am really worried about this issue.

[sunshinedc]

This might be slightly misleading. I’m fairly certain that the quote in the Globe refers to undergraduate students at Harvard, not Harvard students at the graduate schools such as the Medical and Law Schools. There is different a grading system at each school.

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Originally posted by sunshinedc

This might be slightly misleading. I’m fairly certain that the quote in the Globe refers to undergraduate students at Harvard, not Harvard students at the graduate schools such as the Medical and Law Schools. There is different a grading system at each school.

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Yes, you are correct. The Boston Globe article refers to the undergraduates.

Sincerely,

David Petersam
DPetersam@admissionsconsultants.com

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