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Originally Posted by Benzgirl
Since I'm nosey, I tend to look up scholarship reports from Greek Systems on different campuses. Last night I quoted a campus GPA and thought it seemed low in comparison to other schools that I look at. It wasn't until another GCr mentioned GPA inflation that it really made me think about it.
When I was in school (both high school and college), we went on a straight 4.0=A GPA system. A 4.0 actually meaned something! And, while we did get interrim marks for A- or B+, chapter GPAs rarely exceeded the 3.3 range, with most hovering around 3.1. What are your thoughts about chapter GPAs with inflated systems where A is greater than a 4.0?
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I don't know if I would call that an "inflated system," as much as I would say that it's just a different scale. For example, my undergrad had grade "deflation;" I guess that in past years the GPAs had been too high, and in my time there the administration encouraged professors to give lower grades. Grade "inflation," in that case, would be campuses where everyone gets A's and high B's. I know of campuses where a large majority (2/3 to 3/4) of the class ends up with some sort of honors, for example.
I don't know what it's a big deal - the Greek organizations (and grad schools, etc.) will understand the applicable scales and will be able to evaluate accordingly.