Harvard University's Office of Undergraduate Education released a 25-page report on Monday revealing that roughly 60% of the grades dished out in undergraduate classes are As. This is apparently not a signal that the students are necessarily better or smarter than past cohorts but rather that Harvard As are now easier to come by.

According to the report, authored by the school's dean of undergraduate education Amanda Claybaugh and reviewed by the Harvard Crimson, the proportion of students receiving A grades since 2015 has risen by 20 percentage points.

'If that standard is raised even more, it's unrealistic to assume that people will enjoy their classes.'

Whereas at the time of graduation, the median grade point average for the class of 2015 was 3.64, it was 3.83 for the class of 202

See Full Page