We are having the first exams and assignments and, thus, the first grades. Grading method varies from professor to professor (over 10; over 100, A, B, C, F... - so far nobody over 20), but there's a general trend: grades are surprisingly high.

One gets 90/100 and thinks "I am THE boss, I rock, you morons" until ones sees that the average is 88 and the loest grade is 80/100. weird. I was used to see grades that covered almost all the spectrum (at least, from 3 to 10 - in Spain we always grade over 10) and I find it bizarre to see everybody in the upper part. The bad outcome is that it is hard to know what you do well and what you do bad. Or you can assume that, yes, you are the boss and that, others, are too.

Well, all least it is rewarding.

Another cruriosity is that final grade does not only depend on your own effort, but also in other people's grades. If at the end, you get 90/100, that doesn't mean much. If the average is 98/100, you might very well have failed. It seems that behind ahead of the pack is more important that beating the record of the mile.