>>12793717Wtf? 30% of people get something considered a 4.0? Are you joking?
I've topped the curve on nearly every exam I've taken. Sometimes that means getting an 80, sometimes that means getting an 100. The 100s are never easy exams (well, sometimes they are, but only by accident). I just know all the material well and I'm good at thinking up proofs quickly. I'm not sure how it works at other schools but at my school (which is a well-regarded one) no one was ever given out a 100.
My 4.0 signifies that I actually learned everything and rarely made errors. Your 1st class degree signifies that you have a working mastery of about.... 70% of the material? Wow. Who would hire you for a skilled job with that?