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Nichols said the letter grading system had become complicated for outsiders to understand, requiring the change to a more streamlined approach to assess students’ performance.
Nichols said that first and second year students were receptive to the new system, but seniors were anxious that prospective employers would not be able to understand transcripts containing two grading systems.
The new grading policy is designed in part to help change the mindset of those obsessed with getting an A, administrators said.
The faculty members stress that the new grading system is not going to compromise the academic standards at Hopkins.
“We have changed the grading system, but we have not diluted our standards,” Nichols said.