<p>Hi, I've got a question about the grading at Northeastern. What percent grade qualifies as an A+, A, A-, and so on at Northeastern, and does anyone know if A+'s are given at Northeastern? </p>
<p>Also, does Northeastern have grade inflation/deflation in its engineering school?</p>
<p>The grade structure is below (no A+)</p>
<p>Letter Grade GPS weight number equivalent</p>
<p>a 4 93-100
a- 3.667 90-92
b+ 3.333 87-89
b 3 83-86
b- 2.667 80 - 82
etc.</p>
<p>The actual percent value that corresponds to each grade can vary by professor. For example, 93 is the normal cutoff for an A vs A-, but in one of my physics classes it was at 92%.
I don’t know about grade inflation/deflation in engineering, but I haven’t heard any complaints for my friends in engineering about the grading.</p>
<p>what about business?</p>
<p>It actually varies by class.</p>
<p>Traditionally, an A is a 93-100, A- 90-92, B+ 87-89, etc. Numbers generally round up (92.5 = A). I think that’s pretty standard for colleges and high schools.</p>
<p>However, that’s the grade after any curve or scale a professor might use. And sometimes teachers will vary the numbers altogether. For example, I had a class this semester where the teacher counted an 88 and above as an A. Presumably, if a teacher does that, you’d expect him to be a harsher grader.</p>
<p>Generally the exact percent you get won’t mean much. What matters more is how you’re doing in relation to the rest of the class. If the average on every exam is a 60, then consistently scoring 80s might get you an A. Or it might not. Each professor will have is own syllabus, and you should ask about it at the beginning of the semester.</p>
<p>There is probably a normal amount of grade inflation. Generally the average grade in a class will be in the B- to B+ range. Certain departments/professors are stricter than others in trying to avoid grade inflation. I would say it’s pretty rare for the average grade in the class to be like, a C. But then again, I’m just assuming - I don’t actually KNOW the average class grade most of the time; I’m just going off of whether I got the impression I was performing “average” or “above average” or whatever.</p>
<p>Again, it completely varies.</p>