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Harvard's Grade Shift Has Recruiters Celebrating #shorts

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Harvard University faculty have voted to give out fewer A’s in a bid to combat grade inflation. NY Post columnist Rikki Schlott shares this story.

Recruiters and hiring managers are relieved — and hoping it will help distinguish the best candidates from the rest of them.

“If everybody is scoring 100%, is anybody really scoring 100%? It’s about schools needing to provide more of a distinction between students who actually are performing really well versus those who are just getting by,” Steven Rothberg, founder of College Recruiter, told The Post.

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