There are a few colleges/universities that use non-grade evaluations. Evergreen State uses a narrative evaluation: https://www.evergreen.edu/registration/transc

There are a few colleges/universities that use non-grade evaluations. Evergreen State uses a narrative evaluation: https://www.evergreen.edu/registration/transcript-format https://www.evergreen.edu/registration/transcript-format Really smart people, and sometimes even just moderately smart people, coast along as A, B, or C students while learning what they want and just doing the minimum of the requirements to coast along. And then a bunch of other people have academic-like side-interests that they pursue in their free time.