<p>dramatica:</p>
<p>While I am sure Brown is a fine school, their 1969 curriculum requirements and grading system combined with the recent grad inflation are ripe targets for lampooning. They know it. That’s why they keep having ad hoc committees on curriculum and grading. **The median grade is an “A” (the highest grade available). A 4.0 ** It’s kind of hard to defend that grading system.</p>
<p>I would have a lot more respect for a principled stand if they were to just eliminate grades altogether.</p>
<p>I’m not saying people shouldn’t go to Brown. I was simply reacting to the statement that elite schools don’t just give grades away. Brown does. An “A” is the median grade and they have policy of not giving “Fs” or “Ds”.</p>