Not sure of your point. Pass/Fail was intended to ease freshmen in. (Most people didn't fail.) Yes, poor grades were often a shock to people accustomed to bein

Not sure of your point. Pass/Fail was intended to ease freshmen in. (Most people didn't fail.) Yes, poor grades were often a shock to people accustomed to being straight A students in high school. Though most made it through or ended up, in some cases, going elsewhere.