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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren’t letter grades pretty artificial as it is?  Tests give objective numbers, yes, but they are generally given under artificial time constraints that favor those who can do it faster, not necessarily better. Also, many classes have a “participation” component that favors the extrovert who waxes philosophical nonsense to buffer test grades, while the introvert kid who deeply understands material may not. There is a lot of room for subjectivity there.

Also the difference between an 89 and a 90 is 1.1% but the difference between an A- and a B+ is &gt;11% even though the A- student was “better” than the B+ student by the slimmest possible amount.

Finally, the meaning of letter grades is not fixed.  In the middle of the 20th century the median grade was a C.  Now the median grade at Harvard is an A. I don’t know if rampant grade inflation is good, bad, both or neither, but I am confident is not as “objective” as people like to think. [/quote]

Give me a person who got straight 89’s and, as a result , got into their 2nd or 3rd choice school and is still burning over it - over the slacker who easily got A’s, never really pushed himself - and has never really had to stare failure / disappointed in the face and then - move on

Give me that young person - every time [/quote]

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