Inflated college marks are now the norm. At the College of the City of New York during World War II, students were admitted only if they had the highest grades in local schools.
If they were getting deferments because they were science and engineering majors, they had many of their classes marked on a “curve.” This was comparable to having to make the cut in PGA professional golf. The lowest 10% to 15% of each class flunked, no matter what mark they got. Classmates competed against each other
In the toughest college in the city, perhaps the U. S., open only to the top high school graduates, a student with one class "failure" immediately lost that army deferment. Compare that to the Ivy League standards of today!
If truth be told, students go to Ivy League schools because of the aura about them, and the contacts they afford. The vaunted Ivies are not tough once you are admitted. If anything, they are overrated.
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