W's transcript

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Mar 5 17:34:20 PST 2003


R wrote:


>for us non yale guys, please explain what a "75" means. i assume
>it's a passing grade, equivalent to a "C." but i don't want to
>assume when it comes to such a dynamic intellectual president.
>thanks

Yup, 75 on a scale of 100. Barely a C. His senior year, Yale shifted to the grading system they used when I was there in the early 1970s - (H)onors, (H)igh (P)ass, (P)ass, (F)ail. HP's were weak B's to strong C's. P's were embarrassing. W got quite a few P's.

Doug



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