During college, good grades made you happy, but it was short-lived.

上大学期间，考试得了高分让你无比开心，但这种幸福感毕竟是短暂的。

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I hope that good grades can become permanent, and not short.

我希望这好的成绩能变成永久，而不是短暂的。

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Grades will be based on short assignments (25%), student paper (40%), contribution to class project (25%), and class participation (10%).

成绩基于短篇作业(25%)，学生论文(40%)、对班级专案的贡献(25%)，和课堂参与(10%)。

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They may be children of alumni or faculty, or candidates whom admissions officers found interesting but whose grades or test scores fell short.

WSJ: College Waitlists Offer Little Hope

But for those who get the grades they need, celebration will be uppermost in their minds - and for others falling short of the minimum needed for that coveted college or university place then the hard work begins.

BBC: There might soon be no need to go into school for results