<p>modestmelody – what you are suggesting would make it much harder for grad school adcoms (e.g. Yale Law School, Stanford Business School, Berkeley English Dept, etc.) and business (or non-profit) recruiters (e.g the Bains, the Googles, the Goldman Sach’s of the world) who are in a position the hire only the <em>very</em> cream of the crop to cull the list of thousands of aspirants down to a number that can be more thoroughly vetted within the budgets these institutions run on.</p>
<p>What is the function of the grading system anyway? Sure, part of it is for the student to know where they stand with respect to the professor’s standard. In High School, grades are used for university admissions. In college, grades are again used for grad school admissions.</p>
<p>If you take your argument to its conclusion – either eliminate or bundle grades to the point on non-differentiation – what objective measure remains for institutions to discern who is a high achiever and who is middle of the pack?</p>