Authored by: Allison Park “Your happiness is worth more than your grades” is a phrase often heard by students from school officials. It sounds like common sense. After all, it’s just letters and numbers on a transcript. But on elite college campuses, a student’s GPA is often seen as the ultimate measure of achievement. Grades become a measure of someone’s worth, and can define how a student is perceived and influence their own self-perception. Worst of all, most students aren’t just dealing...