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Okay I am sorry if this has already been said but I imm just struggling to wrap my head around a few things and would (genuinely) love.....

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"18427 - topic: grades
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Okay I am sorry if this has already been said but I imm just struggling to wrap my head around a few things and would (genuinely) love.....

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April 1, 2020

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Okay I am sorry if this has already been said but I imm just struggling to wrap my head around a few things and would (genuinely) love an explanation from the people that are against UP or against mandatory S/NC

1. How are we expected to worry about our grades in the middle of a global pandemic?

2. I understand that you think choice matters, but grades act as a reflection of how you prepared for/performed in a class comparable to your peers. When we're on campus, it may be fair to assume that grades are reflective of everyone's effort/skill. But when we're not, doesn't that defeat the point of grades as a concept? We don't have Brown as a neutralizing force so there isn't really a way for us to be graded that is an accurate reflection of what we did this semester?

3. So I've heard the argument that we don't know how grad schools will react to UP. However, is it not more understandable to the face of a med school that I was FORCED to take something S/NC rather than I choose to take a pre-med requirement? Like there are med schools who don't accept pre-med requirements if you took them pass/fail- if I opted to take Orgo 1 pass/fail because my circumstances at home were beyond extenuating, that could disqualify me for a lot of med schools right? Whereas, if Brown had a policy that accommodated everyone, wouldn't med schools have no choice but to not consider that as a foresight on my part??

4. I feel as though there are a LOT of students (myself included) who NEED to take a class pass/fail to remain sane but won't because it's an option and they are afraid that if grad schools see that they didn't have to, they will count It against them. Is there a different way I should be looking at this?"

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