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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harvard alum here. Always A-/A student. Feared the possibility of Bs. Used to scoff at mythical stories of how one can drop classes while taking the final exam at Brown or Stanford. Fast forward to grad school which was 100% pass/fail -- LOVED the experience. It's true what they say about taking more risks and going beyond comfort level. If I could send my child to a K-12 or college that had predominantly pass/fail grading system, I absolutely would choose that school over another school that produced students with a weighed GPA of 4.9. Of course, this would only work at great schools with amazing teachers and students who cared about learning.[/quote] that's all fine and dandy but how are potential colleges/employers to differentiate? if everyone "passes" at an academic level, then it becomes whomever has better connections, a more quirky story etc. (i.e. something the wealthy are more well-equipped to manipulate.)[/quote]
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