Honors vs A's

[fourthyearmed]

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My school uses letter grades for the clinical years so I just wanted to confirm that my impression that A=Honors, B=High Pass, C=Pass is correct. Do you think this is how PDs compare students from different schools gradewise? Also this means we have more precise class ranks than P/F schools so how does this affect us as compared to someone who is just labled as top/middle/bottom part, etc. of the class?

 

[Seaglass]

Seems right to me.

 

[GeneGoddess]

It is probably similar. However, some H/HP/P classes are grade such that the top 10% are honors, the next 5% are HP, and the "rest" are pass (assuming no one fails). So the vast majority of students 80-85% "pass". I'm not sure if the A/B/C system is set up the same.

 

[fireflyrxn]

what if your school is a hippy school and doesn't believe in "grades" as it fosters "unnecessary competition"?

we get "pass/fail" on everything.

 

[Winged Scapula]

what if your school is a hippy school and doesn't believe in "grades" as it fosters "unnecessary competition"?

we get "pass/fail" on everything.

Then they focus on other attributes in your app - class rank, USMLE scores, etc.