Nice to know that legacy admissions was pushing up Yale's academic standards.
Jim F.
On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 20:34:20 -0500 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
writes:
> 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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