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> schooling with its evidence on "doing better than the other guy"... Is this culture common at many tech-focused universities? It certainly wasn't at MIT 5 ye

• davewritescode 10y ago
  Yes, I can't speak for MIT but where I went to school your grades basically dictated where you ended up placed in internships. Grading on a curve also fosters competition by its very nature. Doing well on a test doesn't mean mastering the material, it means beating 90% of the class to ride the curve to an A.
  • afarrell 10y ago
    Yea grades as a zero sum game really decreases collaboration.