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Re:Can money buy you a higher GPA? by johnswamps on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @01:39AM (#1278746)
Anyone have any guesses for why the curve looks like it does? I can understand it going up in the long term, but why do private and public schools seem to follow the same basic curve? What causes a decline in GPA?
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Re:Can money buy you a higher GPA? by Alex3917 on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @01:41AM (#1278748)
Schools made grading easier during the Vietnam war because the students who flunked out were eligible to be drafted.
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Re:Can money buy you a higher GPA? by sachinag on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @07:35AM (#1279153)
I would love a cite for this. It seems plausible, but if there's a cite, I'd be very grateful.
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