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In elementary school, grades may represent rewards from teachers "for being friendly, prepared, compliant, a good school citizen, well-organized and hard-working" rather than mastering the subject material. [13] Schools in the United States have been accused of using academic grades to penalize students for being bored, uncooperative or for ...
1 14 points 1.0 4.0 1- 13 points 1.3 3.7 80–91 2+ 12 points 1.7 "gut" (good: an achievement that exceeds the average requirements considerably) 3.3 2 11 points 2.0 3.0 2- 10 points 2.3 2.7 65–79 3+ 9 points 2.7 "befriedigend" (satisfactory: an achievement that fulfills average requirements) 2.3 3 8 points 3.0 2.0 3- 7 points 3.3 1.7 50–64 4+
Law school GPA curve University of Akron School of Law: 3.0 first year, 3.1 upper years. [2] University of Alabama School of Law: 3.20 [3] Albany Law School: 3.0 [4] American University Washington College of Law: No mandatory curve; 3.1 to 3.3 mean for 1L courses, except First-Year Rhetoric. 3.25 to 3.45 mean for most upper-level courses. [5]
German universities (except for law schools) grade with a scale of 1 to 5: 1.0–1.5 sehr gut (very good: an outstanding achievement) 1.6–2.5 gut (good: an achievement which lies substantially above average requirements) 2.6–3.5 befriedigend (satisfactory: an achievement which corresponds to average requirements)
At Saint Anselm, the top 25% of the class has a 3.1 GPA; the median grade at the college is around a 2.50 GPA. Some professors and administrators believe that inflating grades makes it harder for students to realize their academic strengths and weaknesses and may encourage students to take classes based on grade expectation.
Note that the grades used in primary school are derived from this scale, with Insufficient meaning "4 or less", and the other grades standing for 5-6, 7-8 and 9-10 respectively. A 10 is not an uncommon grade, especially in low-interest subjects. A 9 is usually considered an excellent grade. The average grade ranges between 7 and 8.
In the gymnasium (three-year pre-university course, similar to the UK sixth form college, officially called "upper secondary school" by Skolverket, despite there being no such thing as a "lower secondary school"), the same grading system as the primary school was used until 2011, when it was changed to a six-degree system A–F (A being the highest and F for having failed). [2]
Students with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 (NITEC) or 2.0 (Higher NITEC; 2.5 from 2027), including up to 0.2 bonus points for Co-curricular activity (CCA) and/or 0.1 point for passing Bridging Mathematics, was also taken into consideration for matriculation in polytechnics, though this applies to most diplomas; Higher NITEC students who have ...