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A silent step along the grading process, few undergraduates ever feel its presence.
Harvard and Yale law schools have very different grading methodologies. HLS follows the traditional letter grade system, giving students grades ranging from A+ to F. At Yale , students are usually given grades of "honors," "pass," "low pass" and "fail." First semester students are graded solely on a pass/fail system, in...
The New York Times reported last month that a faculty committee at HLS is considering adopting a grading system similar to Yale's in the very near future. This committee is being advised by an outside consulting firm.
"The stress level at Yale is certainly much less than at other comparable law schools. This is largely because of the grading system or lack thereof. How hard you work is largely up to you," Ahsan says.
Due to the grading system and general perceptions, many think HLS students have a much heavier workload--some say unmanageable--and a higher level of competitiveness than those at Yale.