<p>^I agree with jamesford. In Canada and Europe, an “A” or the equivalent actually means something. Over here, it feels like an A is actually just an arbitrary way of saying you passed the course. Granted, I do have some really hard classes where an A is well-deserved, but I think that the US system is characterized by really heavy grade inflation. An A just doesn’t mean an “A” anymore when everybody and their mother, as well as their mother’s dog and their mother’s dog’s boyfriend, gets one.</p>