I’m in favor of freshman year being “pass/no-record”, meaning you either pass a class and earn credits for it or we keep no record that you took the class. Tha

I’m in favor of freshman year being “pass/no-record”, meaning you either pass a class and earn credits for it or we keep no record that you took the class. That’s how my university did it (many decades ago) and it did help me adjust without feeling like there was a long shadow being cast.