weird. i don't even think we get scores in a lot of classes. (like, ones based on papers) I think B's are kinda average here too. I mean, Reed does say that 6 Reedies in the past 20 years have graduated with a 4.0, but the average GPA is around 3.0. But it is hard to get D's and F's. I only managed that by not turning things in. C's...well, only if you put in zero effort, something I have also done.

Not revealing grades is meant to lower the motivation for competition and not 'learning for the sake of learning.' It actually seems to work to some degree (e.g. people not realizing that they were graded on their thesis). In lieu of grades, I find that you get copious comments from profs. I think i was probably better off before I started worrying about my grades, excepting other problems I had...