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<p>Are all the classes at GT graded? Are there Pass/Fail type options?</p>

<p>I was reading on an MIT web page that in the first semester at MIT, classes are graded Pass/No Record. In the second semester, MIT grades as A/B/C/No Record. If you were getting a D or an F, you would get “No Record”.</p>

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Why does MIT launch freshman year with this unusual grading system? Because it eases the transition to college, allows students to adapt to doing MIT-quality work, gives them flexibility to explore academic, research, and social opportunities at the Institute, and deemphasizes grade competitiveness while emphasizing learning for its own sake. These lessons stay with students throughout their years at MIT and are a big part of the MIT culture.
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This is another policy meant to tone down the academic pressure.

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