D did her master’s degree a couple of years ago at a foreign university. She earned an 84 in one of her modules and the supervisor told her it was the highest grade anyone received that term. To graduate with a First at Oxbridge, for example, a student’s grades all need to be at 70 or above. I suspect it is virtually unheard of for anyone to get 100. Perhaps they practice grade deflation?
This is all pretty demoralizing for high school students. I do get why some of them feel like it’s the end of the world when HYPSM doesn’t work out for them. I remember D saying that she thought college was easier than high school in some ways.