International Students Should 'Know How Majors and Grading Work'

FILE - People enter the campus of Morehouse College, a historically Black school, in Atlanta, Georgia, April 12, 2019.

The U.S. college system is different from most others: Students are graded from A to F, and often choose their course of study — their "major" — one to two years after enrolling. Anayat Durrani of U.S. News & World Report explains the differences. (August 2023)