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Some high schools, to reflect the varying skill required for different course levels, will give higher numerical grades for difficult courses, often referred to as a weighted GPA. For example, two common conversion systems used in honors and Advanced Placement courses are: A = 5 or 4.5; B = 4 or 3.5 [5] C = 3 or 2.5; D = 2 or 1.5; F = 0 [19]
The most popular and commonly used grading system in the United States uses discrete evaluation in the form of letter grades. Many schools use a GPA (grade-point average) system [73] in combination with letter grades. There are also many other systems in place. Some schools use a scale of 100 instead of letter grades.
Drexel University Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law: 3.–3.10 [36] Duke University School of Law: 3.30 for 1L classes and all others with 50 or more people, 3.50 for all classes with between 10 and 49 people, and no median for classes with fewer than 10 [37] Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
1.3 3.7 81–90% 2+ 12 points 1.7 "gut" (good: an achievement that exceeds the average requirements considerably) 3.3 2 2 11 points 2.0 3.0 2- 10 points 2.3 2.7 66–80% 3+ 9 points 2.7 "befriedigend" (satisfactory: an achievement that fulfills average requirements) 2.3 3 3 8 points 3.0 2.0 3- 7 points 3.3 1.7 50–65% 4+ 6 points 3.7
A January 7, 2009 article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette used the term "grade inflation" to describe how some people viewed a grading policy in the Pittsburgh School District. According to the article, the policy sets 50% as the minimum score that a student can get on any given school assignment.
Some universities don't include A+ in the grades, [2] or set the grade point of A+ to be 4.00, [3] so that the maximum GPA attainable is 4.00 instead of 4.30. Some universities use a 12-point based system called "CGA" instead. [4]
Students are given an academic standing; students may be placed on academic probation (where most features from the school were revoked) if they have a low cumulative GPA (usually 1.0, 0.8 in NYP, or 1.4 in SP), or was dismissed from the course of study if they fail to improve their GPA for consecutive semesters, if they have passed the maximum ...
Then, 100 becomes the highest score, and 60 the minimum passing score. Depending on the school, the official certificate may use the range 0–100, or these may be converted back to the range 0–10, allowing for some rounding and truncation. Although the grades 0–59 are normally given in class or tests, they are not reported as such in ...