The medical school’s current grading system names the top 20 percent of first- and second-year students as “honors” and grades the rest of the students on a pass/fail basis. Officials said this type of grading creates unnecessary stress for students.
The Minnesota Daily reported a majority of the students in the Medical School Student Council supported the change during a meeting March 1. The Committee on Undergraduate Medical Education Duluth at the medical school’s campus in Duluth, Minn., has already voted to implement the change at its campus. The proposal is now being reviewed by school administrators, according to the report.
An Association of American Medical Colleges report revealed 71 medical schools had a pass/fail grading system in place during the 2012-2013 school year. During the 2015-2016 school year, 89 schools implemented pass/fail grading.
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