your high schools grading scale

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Hold on, Americans have curves and stuff? In high school?</p>

<p>Because yeah, 95+ is basically considered inhuman in my school. The highest average ever achieved was 98% I think. The closest thing we have to curving is my Bio 12 teacher made sure that the class average stayed around 80%, but he was the only teacher I've seen who bothered, and that was by marking tests harder if the average drifted too high for his liking. But I have been looking at your grade scales and thought that either you're all geniuses, or getting a higher percentage is easier in the states.</p>

<p>And yeah, says both percentage and letter grade on report cards.</p>

<p>Ontario, you suck. 80-100 A? Psh.</p>

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<p>4.33 A+
4.00 A
3.66 A-
3.33 B+
3.00 B
2.66 B-</p>

<p>Etc.</p>

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<p>10-100 = pass
0-9 = fail</p>

<p>theres australian public school</p>

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<p>All depends on the teacher but this is how it normally breaks down:</p>

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

<p>Most teachers curve borderline grades (up to .8%).</p>

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<p>95-100 A+ 4.5
90-94 A 4.0
85-89 B+ 3.5
80-84 B 3.0
75-79 C+ 2.5
70-74 C 2.0
etc.</p>

<p>I hate this system! It is so confusing because on my transcript it says my GPA is 3.75, and my REAL GPA is 3.6/4.0 UW 4.23 W. So where the hell do they get the 3.75 from?</p>

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<p>95-100 A
93-94 A-
90-92 B+
87-89 B
83-86 B-
80-82 C+
77-79 C
74-76 C-
70-72 D+
67-69 D
64-66 D-
0-63 F</p>

<p>That's approximate, since I don't remember the exact numbers, but it should be pretty close. As hard as it looks, grade inflation is still a big problem, since the average grade is about a 3.3.</p>

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<p>100-93 A 4
92-90 A- 3.7
89-87 B+ 3.4
83-86 B 3
80-82 B- 2.7
dont' really know below that, except that u don't get any credit if u get below C-. have to repeat the class if u do.</p>

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<p>97-100 - A+ - 4.3
93-96 - A - 4.0
90-92 - A- -3.7
87-89 - B+ - 3.3
84-86 - B - 3.0
<70 - Failing </p>

<p>Rounding is not allowed! 92.7 = A- !</p>

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<p>Unweighted
90-100 = 4.0
80-89 = 3.0
75-79 = 2.0
70-74 = 1.0
0-69 = 0 </p>

<p>Man some of you guys have a touch grading scale!</p>

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<p>94 - 100 - A - 4.00
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
anything below - F - 0.00</p>

<ul>
<li>0.5 for AP classes, nothing for honors.</li>
</ul>

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<p>Didn't post my school has a weighted system too, it's +1 for each AP/Honor/Pre-ap class taken. So highest GPA is the 5.0</p>

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<p>No weighted system.</p>

<p>97-100 = A+ = 4.0
94- 96 = A = 4.0
90-93 = A- = 3.7
87-89 = B+ = 3.3
84-86 = B = 3.0
80-83 = B- = 2.7
and then same thing for C+, C, C-, and then
65-69 = D
<65 = F</p>

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<p>7-point scale for grades, but letter grades aren't very important.</p>

<p>NC Option 3 - Percentage Grades, options 1 &2 have been posted.</p>

<p>96-100%=4.000
95%=3.875
94%=3.750
93%=3.625
92%=3.500
91%=3.375
90%=3.250
89%=3.125
88%=3.000
87%=2.875
86%=2.750
85%=2.625
84%=2.500
83%=2.375
82%=2.250
81%=2.125
80%=2.000
79%=1.875
78%=1.750
77%=1.625
76%=1.500
75%=1.375
74%=1.250
73%=1.125
70-72%=1.000
<69%=0.00
FF=0.00 WF=0.00 WP=0.00 INC=0.00 AUD=0.00 P=0.00 F=0.00</p>

<p>Evil I tell you! Particularly for schools like mine with grade deflation.
However...
Honors +1 quality point, AP +1 quality point</p>

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<p>^ i hate NC schools</p>

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<p>^Actually, I like that system, because it eliminates grade inflation, and it takes out all the guesswork as to one's GPA. My school has some funny formula for calculating GPA, so students' estimates are never correct. They have some way of adding points and dividing by credits, so classes that are worth less credits, like PE, don't affect GPA as much as, say, Math.</p>

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<p>^ ya but on your transcript they put letter grades, so if you have 92 you get a B. i know that colleges get your schools scale but when you have many B's that should have been A's on your transcript it just dose not look that great</p>

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

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<p>9.5</p>

<p>10 char</p>

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<p>Well, I know that scale puts students at a disadvantage when they are compared to other students, but what I meant was that that system should be adopted nationally. It takes out all of the guesswork, while effectively combating grade inflation, which is a huge problem in the US.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
Well, I know that scale puts students at a disadvantage when they are compared to other students, but what I meant was that that system should be adopted nationally. It takes out all of the guesswork, while effectively combating grade inflation, which is a huge problem in the US.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>It doesn't really, teachers are still free to assign the same inflated grades they want. I assume you mean that it will end GPA inflation by making it clearer. </p>

<p>I've noticed at many other schools in NC, 50% of an honors class might have >=96... in my school the highest grades for many classes were 96's with 1 person.... but we don't rank so it's hard for colleges to know that.</p>

<p>Let's take Honors World history for exam...
78 students from all classes, highest grade: 1 person with a 97
Next highest: 5 people with 96's (1 was me)
Finals... highest grade: 5 people with a 100 (1 was me)
Average: 78 </p>

<p>We're a mini-magnet school and we only had 6 classes each this year! (With the exception of me with 9)</p>

<p>As for myself overall:
4.75w/3.86un</p>

<p>2 Required Standard courses (97, 90 eek!)
6 Honors (95,95,96,96,98,99)
1 AP (94)</p>

<p>Do I really deserve a 3.86? </p>

<p>If I had been in a school in NC that used one of the other two scales... I might have had</p>