The Value of A+

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<p>Oh, c’mon, tell me you’re not serious? You do realize that colleges also put out transcripts of their own that play a major role in determining which students get into the graduate and professional schools of their choice, which get the most coveted internships and fellowships and job interviews, and on and on? And that colleges don’t put a little asterisk next to a grade indicating “this professor is an easy grader” or “this professor rarely gives any grade higher than a B plus”? And that every admissions officer at every college has had the exact same experience as you have with “unfair” grading both in high school and in college and in some cases graduate school, and got through it—in most cases without whining? Please. Just suck it up. There will always be some easy graders and some hard graders. Some students will tend to gravitate toward the former and avoid the latter—though not everyone, because sometimes (but not always) the most demanding teachers will also be the best teachers, and some students will be drawn by their love of learning more than vain pursuit of grades. Get used to it. It will be just the same in college.</p>