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[quote=Anonymous]I went to a small college without grades, just pass/fail. It gave me the intellectual flexibility and courage to try a hard engineering major that I would never have tried otherwise. I went from there into a very good graduate school, likely admitted on admissions test scores, LOR, my senior engineering project, and also my second major in another language. (And, incidentally, a grad school where they had a lot of pass/fail course options so people would experiment.)

Not having grades literally changed the path of my life. I would never have had the courage to try with grades. My first few classes in the engineering major, I barely passed. I had no background. I hadn't done advanced math. I was a good student and the idea of getting C's and Ds was abhorrent. But without grades, that didn't matter. By the end, I was getting what would have been straight As, if there were grades.

It was a deeply rewarding, life-changing experience. I wish everyone could have that option.[/quote]

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