Re: [Phys-l] failure is always an option

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Hi-
	Isn't it true that Rice is tuitiion free?
					Regards.
						Jack


On Sat, 10 May 2008, Richard Grandy wrote:

> Two observations, one firsthand one not.
>
> Grade Inflationi:  We just graduated our 2008 class at Rice
> University.  7% of the students had a GPA > 4.0, 30% were above 3.8.
>
> Standard tests:  I have read, though I don't remember where, that SAT
> scores correlate much more strongly with Socio Economic Status than
> with college GPA.  In my own discipline, there is ZERO  evidence that
> GRE's correlate with success in graduate school, but all of my
> colleagues, who had high GREs believe they are predictive.

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