I’m in the UK. In secondary school (ages 11-18), we have graded results – F, E, D, C, B, A, A\* – for the qualifications you get at 16 and 18.
Batchelors degrees are graded as 1, 2:1, 2:2, 3. They equate to about (respectively) >70%, 60-70%, 50-60%, 40-50%.
I’m constantly confused when watching American TV shows when they talk about school grades etc! The only term I’ve ever heard used in tv is GPA.
How do the scoring systems work in the USA and what scores do they equate to?
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Grades are A, B, C, D, and F and they will usually they’ll give you a +/- depending on how close you are to the line. The grades will generally correspond to 90%, 80%, 70%, 60% and 50% respectively.
Then to get an overall idea of how you did, they’ll usually translate it to a 0-4 scale to get your “Grade Point Average” which will generally show in a single number how you’ve been doing overall. Someone who says they “Got a 4.0” basically means they’re getting all ‘A’s.
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