Most common grade at Harvard University is an A, admits dean.

Confirming suspicions of a grade inflation issue at one of America's premier colleges and universities, the Dean of Undergraduate Education at Harvard University, Jay M. Harris, told the school newspaper the most commonly awarded grade is an A, while the median grade is an A-.

A university full of geniuses? Not quite. The same issue has plagued many colleges and universities, most notably the Ivy League variety. A review of grades at Yale University between 2010 and 2012 showed that 62% of all grades were in the A range.

This all comes on the heals of Princeton University's desire to reexamine its grading policy implemented in 2004, which required that no more than 35% of an individual class's grades should be an A. Critics deem it grade deflation, which puts Princeton in the back of the pack when it comes to which Ivy League school the elites want to attend.

As Yale student Aaron Berman told the school newspaper, "The feeling I got after visiting Princeton was that the grade deflation put too much pressure on students and made students feel as if they were competing for grades."

Because if there's one thing a student shouldn't do, it's work hard for a grade.