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The two students, Stephen C. Schlesinger '64 and William C. Samuels, ask for the abolition of the numerical grading system, the discontinuation of public ranking of students, and a massive expansion and liberalization of extra-curricular activities "to give students another channel in which to be rewarded for their abilities...
* grading standards vary among teachers, departments, and universities;
* ranking intensifies competition for good grades at a time when many colleges are in fact realizing that rigid grading may distort the learning process; and
Since senior tutorial is designed for students writing theses, grading tutorial and a thesis is a superfluous "double counting," Caves said.
Princeton, one of the first Ivy League colleges to adopt a pass-fail plan, is now seriously considering an even more radical departure from the traditional grading system.