Michaelson said the alternative proposal that the faculty will soon consider would only make the system more rigid.
"It proposes the same number of tiers; it just renames them," he said. "Instead of a grade of A, it would be super high honors; A- would be high honors, etc."
Michaelson said a recent poll conducted by Catalyst and administered by HLS faculty found that 72 percent of first-year HLS students oppose mandatory curves.
"The problem that Catalyst sees is that mandatory curves increase competition, because not everybody can succeed," he said.
Still, some students said they were not particularly concerned by the vote.
"[I'm] indifferent because it doesn't seem to affect most first-years," said Jiten Naran, an HLS first-year.