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Originally posted by phikappapsiman
So when a person says that Stanford is notorious for grade inflation, but that person has NEVER taken one class at Stanford, that to me is insulting. It insults me .
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Maybe it's because I'm wasted after finals right now, but I think this is directed at me...I apologize for offendinge ayou... I didn't mean to directe it at anyo ne person. I am just repeating what I have seen in articles and studies. The thing is that a degree at stanford or an ivy is worth more than a degree somewhere else simpl y b/c of name recognition. I can't dispute that you earned all your grades, but I'm willing to bet that if you had been a "big fish in a small pond" your GPA would have been better than beign an average fish in a big pond. Simply by going to one of the elite schools in the nation yhou have earned a place in higher place in society than if you had gone to university X...that is simply a fact.
Again no offense was ever meant, and I respect your stanford education, b/c socitial norms suggest I should. But i'm so wasted that I may have totally mis interpreted you r entire point...