My opinion was simply to state loosening the course to enable everyone to pass & get a minimum B+ for e.g, negates the purposes of grading. A lot of schools hav

My opinion was simply to state loosening the course to enable everyone to pass & get a minimum B+ for e.g, negates the purposes of grading. A lot of schools have different courses covering the same topics because the target audience is different. Organic Chemistry for grad school Chemistry needs a lot of rote. But thats not needed for med school. If the same course is used by both the audience, we can't blame the professor for keeping a higher bar. That's NYU course planners' responsibility TBH. And this is the example I was elucidating in (2) > This is horrifically untrue [...] Again, you're misunderstanding me. I am against people inducing work stress. But STEM does have higher rigors to clear than literature or fine arts. Grad school was a fast paced, and challenging experience. I enjoyed it. But I wouldn't say they were relaxing and feel good. Its not fair to pick that one sentence and quote me out of context. I am not talking of undergrad education which should be holistic & enable exposing students to a wide array of topics without risks of adverse outcomes by low grades. Grad school specialization is more geared to push you to the bleeding edge - and going there needs out of the ordinary efforts. If NYUs current course is not suited for med school but suitable for e.g chemical engineering or chemistry majors, NYU should be revisiting the course planning carefully