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The relatively recent change to calculating grade point averages on a 4.0 scale has “reaffirmed the value of B range grades,” according to Gross’ most recent letter. The College went from a 15-point grading scale to its current 4.0 scale following...
U.S. News has been grading colleges and universities since 1983, and while the magazine mostly uses hard data, the largest single component of the rankings - 25% of a school's overall score - comes from a survey that asks presidents, provosts and admissions directors to assess peer institutions. The reputational rating...
Addressing parents on campus for Junior Parents Weekend, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 said Friday that grades “have not inflated tremendously” over the past eight years and that the issue was not a major concern. “I...
Surrounded by a dozen international students hoping to secure temporary worker visas before they graduate, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 last night proposed a five-step plan in hopes of remedying the situation. International seniors who have accepted job offers in the U.S. can...
Artful equivocations are even worse; lynx-eyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.’s...