[hari_seldon_]

This is why grade inflation should be curbed at an institutional level. When you compare schools like Harvard and Stanford, where As are very common, to schools like Princeton and MIT, that have some sort of deflation in place, it becomes clear that the latter do not "help" their richest and most arrogant students.

That said, schools like that probably have other informal systems in place that ensure the powerful have their kids stay ahead.

[TuringNYC]

A cynical view would be that the schools are just preparing those kids for the world ahead -- where the same rules apply (e.g., Bailouts)

[hari_seldon_]

That's a very fair point, that is probably just as "real" as it is "cynical."

[twobyfour]

The article suggests, though that the author WAS trying to abide by an institutional anti-grade-inflation policy and that's why the lower grade was given in the first place.

The trouble seems to be that not everyone at the institution has bought into the policy - or perhaps that some hidden perverse incentives remain at multiple levels.