Grading Scales

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>w00t,my first post! </p>

<p>Anyways where I live, theres seems to be a lot of hoopla over grading scales and they're currently trying to change them.</p>

<p>Debate</a> Over Fairfax's Grading System</p>

<p>heres our current scale</p>

<p>94-100 = A 4.0
90-93 = B+ 3.5
84-89 = B 3.0
80-83 = C+ 2.5
74-79 = C 2.0
70-73 = D+ 1.5
64-69 = D 1.0
Below 64 = F 0</p>

<p>Theres a weight of 0.5 for an AP class</p>

<p>I think that this is pretty unfair compared to other places around the country. People in my school district are held at a disadvantage when compared to other districts. For example, a 3.5 gpa in my district is worth a 4.6 in a neighboring county. This just leaves us out of the loop in scholarships and when being looked at by colleges. I'm sure people in many other places use the 6-4 scale also and feel the same way too.</p>

<p>I was wondering what other scales were, so please post em' up!</p>

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<p>100-90= A 4.0
89-80= B 3.0
79-70= C 2.0
69-60= D 1.0
59-0= F 0.0</p>

<p>You get .04 extra per honors class and .08 extra per semester of an AP class.</p>

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<p>Colleges take your school's grading scale into account, and most (if not all) look at your transcript and convert your GPA to their own scale. :]</p>

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<p>99-100 A+ 4.0
94-98 A 4.0
92-93 A- 3.667
90-91 B+ 3.333
85-89 B 3.0
83-84 B- 3.667
81-82 C+ 3.333
76-80 C 2.0
73-75 C- 1.667
71-72 D+ 1.333
67-70 D 1.0
65-66 D- 0.667
<64 F 0.0</p>

<p>Everything .5 rounds up. Like 64.5 rounds to 65, which is passing.</p>

<p>No weighted grades. And notice the no extra GPA points for A+.....sigh.....</p>

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<p><em>copies and pastes from another thread</em></p>

<p>We have the following:
A+ 100
A 96-99
A- 94-95
B+ 92-93
B 88-91
B- 86-87
C+ 83-85
C 79-82
C- 77-78
D+ 75-76
D 72-74
D- 70-71</p>

<p>I'm not sure what the exact weights are, but it's pretty close to what book_worm has.</p>

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<p>Poseur is right, though. I don't think it really matters much what your high school grading scale is.</p>

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<p>100 - 93: A
92 - 85: B
84 - 78: C
77 - 70: D
69 - whatever: F</p>

<p>Seven point scale yessir</p>

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<p>92 - 100 = A
83 - 91 = B
74 - 82 = C
64 - 73 = D
0 - 64 = F</p>

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<p>well</p>

<p>I have a 10 point scale for 3 classes and a 20 point scale foe physics :D</p>

<p>100-80 = A
79-60 = B
59-40 = C
39-20 = D
<20 = F</p>

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<p>that's true but when applying for scholarships, the case is different. I'm pretty sure most scholarships don't make their own GPA and just use the unweighted one.</p>

<p>Also, on a transcript, they only see letter grades (as far as my school goes) so the scale itself makes a huge difference in calculating gpa. That really makes it unfair.</p>

<p>And chipmoney, oh boy I wish I was in your position right now for Physics :)</p>

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<p>Yah I'd be screwed without it <.<</p>

<p>like I got a 62% on my last homework set...but thats a B- :D</p>

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<p>My scale</p>

<p>100-90 = A
89-80= B
79-70=C
69-60= D
59 & below = F</p>

<p>On your transcript it just says A for your final grade, no plus, no minus.
GPA=</p>

<p>.02 for honors per semester, .04 for AP per semester.</p>

<p>That seems kinda low, but, colleges convert it anyways.</p>

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<p>Not fair. We don't weight our grades, and each class is different. </p>

<p>But, generally, it goes:</p>

<p>100-89 = A
89-80 = B
79-71 = C
71-65 = D
64 and Below = F</p>

<p>It bugs me that we don't weight because we have brilliant kids getting A-'s in AP Chemistry and APUSH, so they have a 3.97 UW, which puts them at # 35 in the class. And EVERY person in our school who gets a 4.0 is a valedictorian, and they ALL give speeches. If there are 30 valedictorians, Graduation is going to suck.</p>

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<p>My school uses a numeric system. Numeric class grades are reported on our transcript, and our GPA is calculated on a 100 scale. All AP/honors classes are weighted 10 points.</p>