Not really -- First of all, I don't do it, but if I did, it would be to try to help myself. After all,
I wouldn't be asking the prof to take a few points from you to give to me.
And yes, with respect to grades, I guess I am. The point of grades, at least for the med schools, is to distinguish us. If we all have As, like Step 1 going P/F,
they'll just have to use something else.--
right, so that there's a way to distinguish bet. students, like I said
And, with all due respect, you are wrong. On AMCAS A+ = A, no distinction because all schools don't offer A+.
I meant this in an abstract sense
Grading on a strict curve ensures grading integrity because it imposes a grade distribution, which is what people using grades to evaluate us want to see. Half of every class getting A with the rest getting B results in no dmeaningful istribution, with the difference between success and failure being the difference between a 3.89 and 3.91. If it ever got that bad, believe me, the MCAT, with its strict distribution, would just become that much more important.