> I went to UCSC, which at the time was known for not having grades. Instead, teachers wrote "narrative evaluations" which were slightly more personalized and d

> I went to UCSC, which at the time was known for not having grades. Instead, teachers wrote "narrative evaluations" which were slightly more personalized and detailed. In most science classes, the evals were generated programmatically based on your test scores. Apparently UCSC didn't have grades for the first 35 years of its existence: https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/UC-Santa-Cruz-To-Start-Using-Letter-Grades-2773570.php https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/UC-Santa-Cruz-To-St... I think it's good for UC to have different campuses with different academic environments.