<p>EVERY CLASS aT A/B/C/NO FAIL</p>
<p>IF GETTING A “C” IS TOO RISKY FOR YOU, JUST TAKE IT PASS/FAIL</p>
<p>EVEN CLASSES IN YOUR MAJOR</p>
<p>O.M.G. NO WONDER EVERYONE WANTS TO GO TO BROWN</p>
<p>not because I think I can convince you, but I'm worried your ignorance may be contagious to those looking at Brown:</p>
<p>yes, that is kind of the sentiment here, except that everyone knows it's a bad idea to take a class S/NC (that's what we call pass/fail) in your major.</p>
<p>If you are that grade conscious, but really want to take a class in some field that you don't have much background knowledge, then this is a nice option. I remember back in freshman year when I signed up for a Virgil class S/NC my thought process was "when I'm applying to Med school or grad school, or MD/PhD programs, they're not going to care how good I am at translating Virgil, so why should I stress about it" and so I took it S/NC so that I could basically just go to class and enjoy translating one of the greatest pieces of literature in the history of writing.</p>
<p>S/NC is simply another freedom that Brown offers. Some people use it to the fullest, others, like me, didn't really feel the need to use such a freedom.</p>
<p>Want to really blow your pathetic mind colt45? A very large proportion of med schools don't have anything other than pass/fail for the first two years, and for the final two years, they have a system very similar to the no plus/minus system Brown has. Check out the Yale system especially. Yale is one of the best medical schools in the nation.</p>
<p>Were you rejected? You're awfully bitter. Oh, and yes, I am sure the grading system is one of the things that draws kids to Brown. Who wouldn't want a world class education without having to feel overwhelmed or pressured? Most kids, however, do take classes for grades. Brown isn't admitting the type of kids who are lazy or unmotivated. We love the school because the entire institution gives us the opportunity to succeed OR to fail depending on the way we CHOOSE to use the academic system and the resources that are given to us. If someone wants to take all classes Pass/Fail, so be it...but they know that it will no be looked upon favorably in the future. It is THEIR CHOICE. Oh, and Brown also doesn't admit people who get pleasure out of degrading an institution and the people who comprise that institution in an attempt to compensate for their problems, misfortunes, and insecurities...</p>
<p>OMG cOLt45 is trolling the Brown forums again!</p>
<p>The reason this very wonderful grading system works is because the school is so very selective at admissions time. They deliberately choose those students who have proven by their record, independent work, interesting essays, etc. that they can handle the system in a mature and responsible way. Sure there are probably some folks who abuse the system, but I think, based on D's and her friends' experience this year, that it is liberating. Brown wouldn't have continued to operate this way for 40 years if it weren't working. Believe me, they know what to look out for.</p>
<p>Isn't there a rumor (true?), modest, about the Harvard medical student who took EVERY class at Brown S/NC?</p>
<p>i know someone who did that at Brown</p>
<p>I believe so, franglish. I always get mixed up between that one and the all psychology classes one and which is true or whether both are true.</p>
<p>But yes, basically, if your transcript is all you can show for differentiating yourself that's fine, but there are many other methods that work as well if not better and I only wish I had gone SNC if for no other reason than to force future employers and graduate schools to seek other factors.</p>
<p>I do know someone who took most of his classes S/NC (2-3 a semester), got As in everything he did take for a grade, and got into a good law school.</p>