I had a professor in college who set the A at 93%. We didn't have pluses and minuses. Going into the final, I was very close to an A, at 92 point something. The

I had a professor in college who set the A at 93%. We didn't have pluses and minuses. Going into the final, I was very close to an A, at 92 point something. The final had, like, 200 questions. I did really well, but was one question away from 93%. The professor suggested that I review the test to see if I can find an error in the questions that I got wrong. I couldn't. He said: "I'm giving you a B. I know it sucks, but guess what: if I give you an A right now, tomorrow you'll forget about it. This B, you'll remember it for the rest of your life. It's gonna suck right now, but you'll see that out of everything I've taught you, this B is going to be the thing that matters." That B, it made me a wiser man.