What Are Your Average Grades?

[wir3d 2]

haha. I never get and F tho.

[AceofSpades 1]

its rare for me

[Sim shady 12]

I stick with AP and PreAp classes, make mainly As and B+ and have a 4.0 gpa, max being 5.0

Kind of crazy how loaded my class is though: top 10% with GPA of 4.3 or higher, if i was a senior instead this year I would be in the top 5% lol.

Its cool though, even though I probably wont make the top 10% I aced the PSAT last year - almost perfect scores- and plan on doing the same thing for the real SAT.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Sim shadyKind of crazy how loaded my class is though: top 10% with GPA of 4.3 or higher, if i was a senior instead this year I would be in the top 5% lol.quote>

You know what concerns me? That someone getting grades that good is saying "lol". That's supposed to be idiot speak.

[Bookworm 1]

GPA: About 3.5

I get As in Science/SS/Electives but I have more trouble with English and Math.

[wir3d 2]

yeah English was hard for me, but still got an A.

[doorknob60 11]

I'm around 3.7 GPA usually.

[belfastuniguy 18]

hhhmmmm no idea what my 'grade' is in relation to the US

GCSE'S at 16yo

French - A

Business Studies - A*

Biology - A*

Chemistry - B

Religious Studies - A

Mathematics - B

English - A

English Literature - A

History - A*

Geography - A*

Physics - B

A-Level at 18yo

Economics - A

Sociology - B

History - A

Classical Civilisation - A

Currently sitting on a 2:1 at university for my Economics and Politics Degree, I fully intend to make that a 1st

[Voar Tok 4]

Well, based on the scale that they use where I am, I'd put your list of GCSE's as a 3.67 GPA in America.

[belfastuniguy 18]

That good or bad?

[Voar Tok 4]

Getting a 3.67 GPA out of 4.0 is pretty good.

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Lots of smart people here.... can I copy off of one of you guys on the next test?

[SimRabbit 48]

why do you have to take religious studies in the UK?

Here in America, you have the option to study religion at church and not school.

[GingerBlokey 30]

Originally posted by: SimRabbit why do you have to take religious studies in the UK?

Here in America, you have the option to study religion at church and not school.quote>

Ah well see they are completely different things.

Religious Studies (as I took it in a secular school) was learning about Methodism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Atheism, Taoism and Catholicism and applying that knowlege to learning tolerance and "citizenship".

[Codythemonkey 0]

Well my report card came.

                                Exam      Final Grade

Business                   A+                 A+

French                        A+                 A+

English                       B                   A-

Home Improve.         A+                 A+

[patriots_1228 51]

last report card was 8 A's and 2 A-'s.

although i may have already posted that...

EDIT:wir3d...your homeschooled? I thought you told us you went to USC? You can homeschool twenty year olds?

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: GingerBlokey Religious Studies (as I took it in a secular school) was learning about Methodism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Atheism, Taoism and Catholicism and applying that knowlege to learning tolerance and "citizenship".quote>

Ah yes, well that's obviously not the American approach to the matter. Our public schools are supposed to pretend religion doesn't exist. It's basically left as the only viable solution since it's impossible to have a religion class that's all inclusive, since there simply isn't enough time in anyone's entire school career to cover every tiny little minority group- and you know that if a kid from one of those minority groups attends and his religion isn't covered the school is gonna get hell from his parents. And if a kid then attends who believes that religion to be heretic and it is covered, then they're going to get hell from his parents. So, given that it's impossible to cover everything and impossible to cover what is covered in a manner that satisfies everyone, the way of keeping it fair and balanced is to just cover nothing.

The fact that it's kind of hard to trust a teacher to teach the class from a completely objective and unbiased perspective since they, after all, are going to have their own opinions on the matter only seals the coffin on it. It's the same reason schools tend to avoid discussing contemporary politics. No matter how you do it, you're going to piss off someone somewhere. So you simply don't do it, and leave the students to pursue the subject on their own time if they wish. The flaw, of course, is that most students don't wish or only wish for one particular piece of the picture- and therefore a lot of Americans (particularly younger ones) are blissfully ignorant and/or hopelessly brainwashed about politics and/or religion.

[patriots_1228 51]

really? We learned about Islam and Judiasm last year, and got a breif introduction to some of the other religions. Until we all learn about world religions, we will never have peace. ( meaning Christians an Muslims need to know the facts about the other, not the bs they get fed from osama or the pope or Lil' bush or whoever

[skyliner22 16]

I seem to recall we learned Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, and Judaism in 7th grade when we learned about world history. Thats when i learned Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are connected and have some kind of history in Jerusalem

[SimRabbit 48]

patriots_1228: you been watching too much lil bush??? just so you know he is not a religious type guy.

wir3d: so you are in six grade as hotdogs said.

[patriots_1228 51]

Nah dude, they cancel it or somthing? it hasnt been on in forever....

[Streetwise 3]

All A's this semester (4.0) so far. My highest grade is 114% in Sociology (yay for extra credit!) so needless to say I'm first in that class of 150 people. My lowest last time I looked was 92% in Psychology.

Of course, I've still got nine more weeks left in this semester in which to blow it.

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

I have an 87 in Math at the moment because I got C's on the last 3 quizzes since I didn't get the chapter at all Oh well, better luck next semester. Hate math.

[ac94 5]

3.7-4.0 all the time, 24/7, Stanford here I come.

[nazaguy 0]

I got a A in science, but i've not got the rest of my GSCEs yet.

[Streetwise 3]

UPDATE:

I now have 121% in Sociology, which brings my semester average percentage up to 103%.

[Boggy1 45]

Like the other couple of Europeans here, I have no clue how on earth the American system works, so if someone could..'convert', my grades into that GPA thing, I will be thankful

At my school, almost every subject was placed into thee catogaries: Higher, Intermediate, and Lower. .

The Sciences were split still further, with Triple, Double, and Single Science  (each with a Higher and Lower class) (Triple, Double, and Single gives you a full, intermediate, and basic knowledge and skill in the subject)

Welsh Language, Computer Studies, Physical Education, and Religious Studies are split into Foundation and Full, with a Higher and a Lower paper in each. (Foundation just means that you get intermediate knowledge and skill in the subject, whereas Full is a complete course)

On Foundation and Lower courses, you can only acheive a grade C and below, and Intermediate courses, only a B and below.

At GCSE Level (Ages 14-16/Years 10 and 11) I had these final grades:

Physical Education (Foundation, Higher): E

Religious Studies (Foundation, Higher): A*

Science - Chemistry (Double, Higher): B

Science - Physics (Double, Higher): B

Science - Biology (Double, Higher): B

Wesh Language (Foundation, Higher): C

Computer Studies (Foundation, Higher): C

Computer Studies (Full, Higher): A

English Language (Higher): A

English Literature (Higher): A

Mathematics (Intermediate): C

Art and Design (Higher): A*

Geography (Higher): A

History (Higher): A

It was compulsory in my school to take Physical Education, Computer Studies, Religious Studies, and Welsh Langauge, as well as at least a Single Science course, which is why I had to sit two exams for some of the courses (for doing a Foundation compulsory course and a Full course)

I'm now doing A-level, which is ages 16-18/Lower Sixth-Upper Sixth/Years 12 and 13. This isn't split into anything. I've only had a few of my results back so far, and these have been:

English Literature: A

Art and Design: A

Sociology: A

[Duke87 1,070]

The typical American system is rather simple: A, B, C, D, F. In there, you also have A-, B+, B-, C+, C-, and D+. Some schools may award D-'s, most don't. An A+ is rounded down to an A for GPA purposes, so most schools don't bother giving them. The GPA is then a weighted average (depending on the number of credits the course is) of the Grade Points from each course: 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A. For any + grades (except A+), add .3 (for instance, a B+ is a 3.3), For any - grades, subtract .3 (B- is a 2.7). This is why A+ is rounded down to an A. You can't have a GPA higher than 4.0, and 4.0 is the "perfect score" (A in everything). If you allowed an A+ to weigh in as 4.3, then a student could get an A- and still have a 4.0 GPA, which is not what 4.0 is supposed to mean. Some high schools may give honors and AP (Advanced Placement, college level) courses more weight, others may not. Those distinctions don't apply in college, anyway.

Of course, the American GPA system is not standardized. Some schools use a 5.0 scale instead of a 4.0 scale. Others use a 4.0 scale but allow it to go above 4.0 from honors and AP courses. Naturally this annoys college admissions departments to no end, so they tend to just look at the grades (which are standardized) and calculate every prospective student's GPA according to the normal system, so as to be comparing apples to apples.

Now then, if I gather correctly, the British grades are, from highest to lowest: A*, A, B, C, D, E, F

So, assuming A* to be like A+, we'll just round it down to A for GPA purposes. Then, appropriately dividing up the scale, we get the following for "Higher" courses:

A: 4.0

B: 3.2

C: 2.4

D: 1.6

E: 0.8

F: 0.0

Since Intermediate only goes as high as B, we get:

B: 4.0

C: 3.0

D: 2.0

E: 1.0

F: 0.0

And for Lower only going up to C, we get:

C: 4.0

D: 2.67

E: 1.33

F: 0.0

That would give you a 3.30 GPA for the stuff you marked as "GSCE level", at least assuming all those courses are equally weighted. I'll need to know how many credits each was worth in order to accurately calculate the average.

...also, my assumption that A* = A+ may be faulty. What exactly does an A* grade mean, anyway?

[Boggy1 45]

Actually, an A* is a totally seperate grade from an A; the top grade. So really I believe that an A* would be worth 4.0, with an A worth 3.2, and so on.

The grade system for most British schools at GCSE level goes A*, A, B, C, [Pass Limit], D, E, F, G, U.

At A-level, the grade system is A, B, C, D, E, [Pass Limit], U.

For the credit/point system, we do have that, but only at A-level. A-level is split into two; AS and A2. An A at AS level is worth 60 UCAS points, and an A at A2 level 180 points. Key Skills and other schemes also count for some points. Each University course requires a certain ammount of points for you to gain entry.

[krbe 193]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: GingerBlokey Religious Studies (as I took it in a secular school) was learning about Methodism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Atheism, Taoism and Catholicism and applying that knowlege to learning tolerance and "citizenship".quote>

Ah yes, well that's obviously not the American approach to the matter. Our public schools are supposed to pretend religion doesn't exist. It's basically left as the only viable solution since it's impossible to have a religion class that's all inclusive, since there simply isn't enough time in anyone's entire school career to cover every tiny little minority group- and you know that if a kid from one of those minority groups attends and his religion isn't covered the school is gonna get hell from his parents. And if a kid then attends who believes that religion to be heretic and it is covered, then they're going to get hell from his parents. So, given that it's impossible to cover everything and impossible to cover what is covered in a manner that satisfies everyone, the way of keeping it fair and balanced is to just cover nothing.

The fact that it's kind of hard to trust a teacher to teach the class from a completely objective and unbiased perspective since they, after all, are going to have their own opinions on the matter only seals the coffin on it. It's the same reason schools tend to avoid discussing contemporary politics. No matter how you do it, you're going to piss off someone somewhere. So you simply don't do it, and leave the students to pursue the subject on their own time if they wish. The flaw, of course, is that most students don't wish or only wish for one particular piece of the picture- and therefore a lot of Americans (particularly younger ones) are blissfully ignorant and/or hopelessly brainwashed about politics and/or religion.quote>

We teach both religion and politics; religion from grade 3 I think and politics from five. Parents have the option of choosing that their kids don't attend certain elements of religion courses, but otherwise you're required to follow them. When you see the place religion has in society, both in the US with their "separation of church and state" and secular France, it's deemed way to important not to have a knowledge of the Abrahamic religions and some knowledge of the eastern ones. In addition you're taught different ways to view and judge religions.

Politics are also too important not to be taught about; wether it's about local oil drilling, road vs. rail construction, Muhammad cartoons, presidential elections in the US, Russia or some African countries, or the Olympics, you will learn about. Especially interesting if you're lucky enough to attend a school with many foreign teachers.

Edit: Neither Religion or Politics are necessary to agree upon; but it's a requirement not to be ignorant about important issues.

Originally posted by: Boggy1

The grade system for most British schools at GCSE level goes A*, A, B, C, [Pass Limit], D, E, F, G, U.

At A-level, the grade system is A, B, C, D, E, [Pass Limit], U.

quote>

Why do you have five fail grades? Why not just raise the limit for a C grade?

As for the Norwegian system, we have a 6-level system ranging from 0 (absolute fail; you'll almost have to misspell your own name to get this—I've seen this grade been handed out ONCE during six years) to 6—2 is pass limit. But as the grades aren't weighted, they become more "unfair" at the top. It requires more to go from 5 to 6, from 4 to 5: A 6 will only be awarded if you have a perfect or near perfect score on point tests (i.e. one or two points off on a test with 80 points, such as math or<