<p>According to the Hopkins website, freshman are graded pass/fail for the 1st semester.</p>
<p>So, my questions for Hopkins students are:
1. Did you like this policy?
2. How did it affect your study habits?
3. Did it make the transition from high school easier?
4. Or the transition into second semester harder?
5. Or both?
6. Or neither?</p>
<p>Thanks:)</p>
<p>To be honest, I didn’t really even notice the policy. I came from a pretty demanding high school curriculum and the adjustment to a college workload wasn’t very jarring. I continued working hard and got good grades. However, for students coming from a less demanding high school, it’s can be a good thing. It provides a safety net in case you need to improve your study habits. In my experience, though, the way students behave in their covered semester is indicative of how they’ll do in the rest of their time at Hopkins. Students who use the semester as a grace period where they don’t take their work seriously are not going to change when their grades are not covered. Luckily, these students are in the minority.</p>
<p>I think it depends on the person. There are some people who do the same first semester as they do for the other seven. My first semester was my worst, not because I didn’t try but because I took courses that I may not normally have taken. Some people use covered grades to take upper level classes that they might not otherwise take, which is not a bad thing (as long as you don’t fail, that is). It also gives people time to get adjusted.</p>
<p>Just to be clear–the first semester classes are not really pass/fail. You get regular grades–its just that the grades are “covered” so that no one else sees them and the transcript simply shows that you passed the course (or that you didn’t).</p>
<p>The Hopkins Interactive students had a wonderful discussion about **COVERED GRADES <a href=“not%20pass/fail”>/B</a> a while back. Check it out – there is a variety of opinions:</p>
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<p>Wow, this is the first time I heard about this. I think this is a great policy, especially for those pledging all throughout first semester.</p>
<p>Actually, Greek Rush at Hopkins does not occur until spring semester of one’s freshman year.</p>
<p>Thanks. I’ll look at the discussion.</p>