<p>There are shadow grades. They are not sent to medical schools. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/health_sciences/first_year_guide.html[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/Admin/health_sciences/first_year_guide.html</a></p>
<p>“During the first semester, all grades at Swarthmore are recorded as either CR (Credit) or NC (No Credit). Whether they are good or bad, your grades during the first semester of your freshman year are not uncovered for medical schools - i.e. they are reported as either CR or NC on your transcript. We cannot uncover these grades in order to raise your GPA. Johns Hopkins is the one exception to this rule. They require us to report first semester grades, which we do after you have signed a waiver allowing us to do so.”</p>