Saint Anselm College

Date: Dec 29 2004
Major: Political Science (This Major's Salary over time)
I have to agree with the current history major and the past english major. You can get As but you will not have a social life. It will also be hard to be involved with all of the activities you want to be involved with and maintain your grades at the same time. The professors stick very strongly to the grade deflation policy. Even if someone deserves an A and works hard for the A, it's possible they will not get it. Professors work hard to maintain grade quotas and will not give more As and Bs then they are allowed to for fear of losing their job. Some professors have been let go or warned for giving too many good grades, despite the fact that the students deserved these grades. I have made Dean's list twice at this school in 2 years and it's taken sacrifices. The general rule at St. A's is to add at least .3 to your GPA so if you have a 3.0 at St. A's it would be a 3.3 at any other school. I have heard that grad schools and law school take this into consideration but many of my friends have applied. The bottom line is schools don't care. Grad schools and law schools want good numbers. St. As may think that they are preparing us for life after college, but if we are never given the opportunity to work up to our full potential, they have done nothing but a disservice to us. We lose out to people who perform as well as we do, or, perhaps worse, but because their numbers look better they are chosen. A friend of mine graduated with a 3.43 and had a 3.7 going into Senior year. He went on to law school and graduated sucessfully, passing the bar the first time he took it. A potential boss called St. A's to ask their opinion about him. Needless to say St. As trashed him unnecessarily. They didn't have one nice thing to say about him. He graduated at the top of his class, president of the one of the most prestigious academic clubs at school, in national honor societies, volunteered all throughout college and they couldn't say one nice thing about him. He was hired despite this bashing and his current boss is very pleased with him and is incredulous that the department of his major would say such negative things about him. Please heed my advice, college is about so much more than grades and if you go to St. As thats all you will ever think and worry about.