GPA vs Percent

[Kylana]

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Everyone here on SDN always seems to talk about GPA, but we had someone come over to our school and talk about admissions to the University of Saskatchewan and he never once mentioned GPA it was always your percent average. He said most people accepted had an average in the high 80's.

So I was wondering (mostly out of curiousity), if you got in the high 80's in all of your classes, what GPA would you have at your college? Also, what are the percent equivalents of an A, A-, B+ etc? And what are the averages in your classes?

At my school we have:

90-100 A+
85-89 A
80-84 A-
76-79 B+
72-75 B
68-71 B-
64-67 C+
60-63 C
55-59 C-
50-54 D
below 50 is a fail

In most science courses, our class average is somewhere between 60 and 65.

 

[david594]

You really should clarify that you are from Canada as they do things a little different up there.

My college kept it simple:

90-100 A
80-89 B
70-79 C
60-69 D
below 60 is a fail

So high 80's would put you around a 3.3.

 

[chordy4]

wow, i wish we had that grading system!
every class is different as far as percentages goes, since we grade on a numerical system...the professor essn gets to decide what percent is equivalent to which grade. supposedly there's a standard, but it's really not followed, generally though, it's something like this:

98-100 A+ 4.0
94-97 A 3.8-3.9
91-93 A- 3.6-3.7
89-90 B+ 3.5
87-88 B/B+ 3.4
84-86 B 3.1-3.3
83 B/B- 3.0
81-82 B- 2.8-2.9
80 C+ 2.7
75-79 C 2.2-2.6
73-75 C- 2.0-2.1

averages are all over the place too, because again, professors set them independently. for chemistry courses though, there is a SET grading system: 2.6 +/- .2 as the average....even if EVERYONE scored really well, like all in the 90's, that would still be the way grades/averages are set...granted that never happens, but it's a stupid system.

overall, the grading system is stupid...i hate that we don't have a regulated standard amongst all of our courses...i often wind up ranting about this fact, so i'll just stop here.

 

[CanadianGolden]

97-100 A+ 4.0
93-86 A 4.0
90-92 A- 3.7
87-89 B+ 3.3
83-86 B 3.0
80-82 B- 2.7
77-79 C+ 2.3
73-76 C 2.0
70-72 C- 1.7
67-69 D+ 1.3
63-66 D 1.0
60-62 D- .7

Below 60 is an F. A C- is the last passing grade, I think.

 

[NittanyKitty]

Hmm I seem to win for harshest grading system:

97-100 A+ 4.0
93-86 A 4.0
90-92 A- 3.7
87-89 B+ 3.3
83-86 B 3.0
80-82 B- 2.7
77-79 C+ 2.3
73-76 C 2.0
70-72 C- 1.7
67-69 D+ 1.3
63-66 D 1.0
60-62 D- .7

Below 60 is an F. A C- is the last passing grade, I think.

Ours is generally the same as your grading scheme, though some profs will change it for a specific class. And some classes are curved to make up for the veeeeery low averages *cough* o chem *cough*.

 

[designerVet]

90-100 4.0
85-89.9 3.5
80-85.9 3.0
75-79.9 2.5

etc... you get the idea.

 

[CanadianGolden]

Yes, a lot of curving is done. Typically averages are set at a B- or so. The average GPA here is a 2.7. Professors curve because averages on exams are usually in the 60s. They actually aim for an average of around 60-70, and then curve the class up. My physics II class generally had average exam scores in the 40s. The average on one chem exam was a 32. My developmental bio exam had an average of 81(!) --that one's not getting a curve!

 

[chris03333]

97-100 A+ 4.0
93-86 A 4.0
90-92 A- 3.7
87-89 B+ 3.3
83-86 B 3.0
80-82 B- 2.7
77-79 C+ 2.3
73-76 C 2.0
70-72 C- 1.7
67-69 D+ 1.3
63-66 D 1.0
60-62 D- .7

Below 60 is an F. A C- is the last passing grade, I think.

My undergrad was like this except there was no such thing as "A+". Our A was 93-100. C was lowest passing grade.

 

[nyanko]

97-100 A+ 4.0
93-86 A 4.0
90-92 A- 3.7
87-89 B+ 3.3
83-86 B 3.0
80-82 B- 2.7
77-79 C+ 2.3
73-76 C 2.0
70-72 C- 1.7
67-69 D+ 1.3
63-66 D 1.0
60-62 D- .7

Ours was generally like this (with the absence of A+), but on a case by case basis. Some courses were curved because the average was super low (Microbiology, Molec I) and some professors preferred not to use - or + signs. Some other professors kind of made up their own grading scales. It was pretty flexible at UCF, not very uniform at all.

 

[CanadianGolden]

Ah I just noticed a typo (now that I've been quoted about four times!)--obviously an A is 93-96%, not 93-86. 🙂

Not all classes are curved, just the ones that need it. Curves vary. All professors are required to use +/-.