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First year Med students this Wednesday wrested the grading system from the faculty in an attempt to force a return to a pass-fail grading policy at the School.
Rosovsky wasn't the only reason for the meeting's fast pace. The agenda hardly provoked controversy, especially the proposal to change regulations on grading junior tutorials. The motion, which passed with only a smattering of nays, says departments may now petition the Faculty Council for permission to change the...
First-year Medical School students yesterday carried out the first step in a plan to force the return of pass-fail grading to the Med School.
The students are protesting a four-point grading system--excellent, pass, marginal and fail--which replaced a pass-fail system last spring.
The protest is in reaction to what the med students consider abuse by the Med School faculty of the four-point grading system, according to the student, who wished to remain anonymous.