Is this grading strange?

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<p>I'm curious, because my school's is pretty unique and I'm often confused by what things mean on this site.</p>

<p>We don't really have A's, B's, C's, all classes are done in one of two formats. One format involes assigning a point value to everything (e.g. a test might be worth 100 points, a quiz 40 points, a paper 80 points, each homework 5 points, then class participation is worth like 60 points added on at the end of term). All the points earned are then divided by the total points possible and that's your grade. Second format is that each type is given a point value (e.g. Tests 40%, Quizzes 30%, Homework 20%, Class Participation 10%). Tests are averages, quizzes averaged, etc, and all of these contribute to your grade. The number shows up on your report card and transcript, no A+, A, etc.</p>

<p>A 100 corresponds to a 4.5 UW GPA, 95 is 4.0, etc.</p>

<p>For weighting, everything class is given a level (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). There are no honors, and AP's fall under level 5. Level 3 is given a +.8 for WGPA, level 4 +1.6, level 5 is given +2.4. Thus the highest possible weighted GPA is 6.9 for a 100 in a level 5 class.</p>

<p>Is this very strange? Because I really have no idea how anyone else does it.</p>

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<p>heybucs you could have very well just described the grading policy at my school--it really isn't that "unique". Our grades are determined by the teacher in the fashion that they want--most teachers do the % system but some do the point system. We get a grade from 1-100 on our report card and each level of classes (CP1, CP2, Honors, and AP) is given different weight to determine the weighted GPA (except it is +.07 at our school as compared to your .08 (at least I'm assuming it is .08, because +.8 brings your term average 80 points higher which is ridiculous). I'm pretty sure most schools do it this way.</p>