<p>At Reed, grades are not given out. We all HAVE GPA’s that go on our transcripts but they are only given to students if you need them to like, apply for grants or grad school or something. At the end of each quarter, you receive a progress report type thing that says ‘satisfactory’ or ‘unsatisfactory’ for each of your classes. Satisfactory means a C or above. So yeah, the only thing unusual about our grading system is that it’s not made public.
Personally, I think this is a great thing. It takes some elements of competition and stress away.</p>