Ohh so faaannyyyy...

[ddrhobbit]

Here's a funny story:
I aide for my former teacher from H British Literature from sophomore year, and it's progress report time--which means an insane amount of work for me to do. I have to print out grade reports for each of the kids, and they highlight errors; I fix them, then I return it to them. I'm supposed to stamp them--but I get too lazy

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[save_me_tonight]

Hahaha I can totally picture that kid cursing at his progress report. HA.

At my school we have to get a 92% to get an A!!! I thought grading scales were like, universal. Guess not. But of course my school has to be all mean and make it harder to get an A. Figures.

That's so awesome your friend got into HARVARD. Congrats to him :)

[ddrhobbit]

92 to get an A? Don't 90's count as A-?

It depends on the teacher (like my biology teacher would completely disregard +'s & -'s), but most teachers give A- for 90's, A's for... I dunno...92 or 93.. and barely any give A+'s. I don't put +'s or -'s because no matter what kind of A (A-, A, A+), it still counts as 4 points (5 points for weighted classes) for your GPA--at least, in California.

California doesn't have the 100 point grade point scale like some other states do, where they calculate the exact percentage...is that what you guys have?

[save_me_tonight]

92 is our lowest A. So A- but they don't put + or - on our report cards. That kind of sucks because if you have a 91 it just says B. B's are from 82-91 so colleges can either see a B as 91 or 82..which is a huge difference.

We have 4 points for A's also, 4.5 for honors, and 5 for AP classes. We have the 100 point scale so I guess that's why it's different. Seems like they would want all states to have the same grading scale..to make it more fair or something.

[ddrhobbit]

??!?!? That's freaking retarded. A 90/91 should be an A no matter what.... damn.

All's I know is that colleges recalculate your grades into their own scale. But unless it shows your percentages on your transcript, then you guys have it tough =(

You should come to California =D

[save_me_tonight]

Already got my bags packed :D