Grad programs require a B average for entry so the schools inflate the grades to keep the $$$ coming .....
For some years now I have identified the Ivy League as the Daycare Center for the Ruling Class. Not just Harvard, though Harvard may be the head wet nurse. It’s hard to get in if you’re a white male but staying in and graduating is a walk in the park.
Turning?
It’s easy. They’ll tell you in the first 5 minutes.
“You can always tell a Harvard man. You just can’t tell him much.’’
Helmet Nielsen’s Thermo Class. The only place where absolute zero existed
I think you are about 20 years late on that assessment. It has just gone further and further into the abyss since then.
bkmk
You can always tell a Harvard man, but you can’t tell him much.
My uncle graduated from Harvard, and he’s about as sharp as a sack full of wet mice.
YES, yes it is.
And it’s a damn shame.
But the whole education system should be abolished.
The 3.5 to 4.0’s are fewer and may rule the roost...
but the 2.5’s to 3.5’s grease the gears and keep the ship afloat...
The 2.5 to 3.5’s are greater in number and the economy would not function without them; over time in their simple doing of their jobs, this group become’s as knowledgeable as the 3.5 to 4.0’s in general were just out of the gate.
It least it was generally true before 2005.
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies.
At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries.
Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.'
He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
Harvard is a close second.
So, now red state colleges are as good as Harvard. I got a BSCS. I only took 1 easy class, weight lifting. I took physics classes cuz I wanted to take them.
B students went into middle management because they had a balance between studies and socialization.
A students ended up working for B students because they had little social life and were good at report and execution that actually got the job done.
There was a lot of truth in these statements.
Harvard never churned out skilled persons. The whole point was making those connections to fulfill the accurate prophecy of “its not what you know, its who you know.” They did that quite well.
I had a bit of a chip on the shoulder when I got into a law firm with a managing partner from Harvard and several associates from IVY schools.
So, I subscribed to the Harvard Law Review for a couple of years and read every issue to my delight and amazement at what stupid nonsense passed for academic excellence. I recommend this to anyone. Get access through Google Scholar and you will laugh your ass off. It might as well be written in hieroglyphics for all the sense they make.