So I was 1% away from....

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<p>Post your I was 1% or 0.1% from that A or B or even C (for a pass)</p>

<p>My professor thinks its funny to give me an 89% on Xmas, thanks, now my Christmas is ruined</p>

<p>Does anyone know what an 89% is on a 4.0GPA scale? I use a 4.33GPA scale, so basically it is an A, but not an A+...</p>

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<p>It depends on the college, the professor, and the grading system.</p>

<p>At my college, the professors decide on the grade boundaries, so a 89% can be anything between an A and F (4.0/4.0 to 0.0/4.0). It tends to be an A in really hard upper-division engineering classes, but an F if it’s something like a lower-division business class where the exams are ultra-easy but the class is ultra-competitive.</p>

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<p>89% for an F? I thought every college had a grade scale instituted where if you get a certain percentage you get a firm grade letter. I remember my physics classes had a guarantee of an A- for a 90%, but usually a 86% or so was an A.</p>

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<p>Nope - certainly not every college. At my school, it is at the discretion of the professor - and yes, there are plenty of professors who set hard minimums and will only curve up, but certainly not all of them.</p>

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<p>I got an 89 in physics :(</p>

<p>That was my hardest class too. And what’s worse is that I thought I had a C for most of the class because my professor was grading my tests incorrectly. I didn’t catch it until about a week before finals.</p>

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<p>I was 2% (87-88%) away from an A in a class I only went to three times (three tests)…</p>

<p>and I got an A.</p>

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<p>Well, my entire GPA is on the edge…
2.991…</p>

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<p>^Dude… lol</p>

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<p>Do they even have strict grading scales in college? I’ve only had one class with a grading scale, but that was also the class with by far the largest number of people, like 700.</p>

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<p>Last semester I missed a cut off by .25… and then in another class I had the + based on my numeric grade but that professor doesn’t give +/-'s …</p>

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<p>I was 1 chromosome from being a girl… luck me!</p>

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<p>^^lol</p>

<p>I had an 89.7% in French this last quarter. :frowning: 0.3% for an A-! argghh whatever.</p>

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<p>For us,
4.0 = A
3.7 = A-
3.3 = B+
3.0 = B
2.7 = B-
2.3 = C+
2.0 = C
1.7 = C-
and so on. But it’s uip to the teacher’s discretion what they consider to be an A/A-/B+/whatever.</p>