[NuckingFutz]

This is what the grading system in my school looks like:

100-92 A
91- 84 B
83 - 77 C
76 - below F

There is no D, only an F which is failing. I don't understand how at 76 could be failing in college/voc tech school. Has anyone ever heard of this type of grading system?

What's up with that? Has higher education changed that much?

[H3rmit]

I don't know your program, but I can imagine a practical program such as auto mechanics, where a competent person should be able to do everything. Would you want a mechanic who only knew 75% of the basics? And I don't think 75% in first year biology would impress medical school admission people, another example. People going to med school already have a degree but go back and take first year bio and chem, I know, and 75% would be an embarrassing grade, even though I was okay with getting just above that in human biology because I'm not a med student. (Ick.) So I guess it all depends on how the course is structured and the purpose and significance of the particular skill. I don't think that is generally a grade structure.

Another example. In my school if you get less than C-, you can't take the next course in the series. A lot of people scrape by with C- in calculus, but not math majors. Obviously for them that would mean rethinking their major.

[Miswimmy1]

that's not unusual to have a 75 be failing, especially when you are into the higher schooling. i did an online course where anything below a 75 was a failing, and this is just high school i'm talking about. it really makes you work harder, or at least it did for me lol

[Perna]

I think in graduate school you have to get only A's or B's, not even allowed C's. I guess in more advanced/good schools all the people competed to get in and are good; they have to have a higher standard; kind of like if you watch the ice skating and olympics, etc. contests, the higher you are ranked the higher your score is expected to be.

[NuckingFutz]

Makes sense.

My bipolar is messing with my memory anyway. Will need to give up the ghost after Friday's test.

[Fresia]

Some schools have A's, B's, and then F's starting at 79. I have heard of other programs that do the same thing as yours calling F's in the 70's. The program I just left, you could not continue past a C+ at 77, so that 76 or below might as well as have been F to fail out. It is frustrating but they have to set the standard somewhere for minimum standards of achievement, it is just at a higher level/standard.

Wishing you all the best with the program!!! Hang in there!!!

[googley]

In my graduate program you failed when you got a B-. You had to get a B or above to pass your class. So failing starts at 83.

[Tiger_Lily]

In my program, it depends on the course what the failing grade is. Like many here, however, you have to have a minimum grade for it to count to your degree and you can only retake the course once.

[unaluna]

Yeppers - I got my first C, D, F ever - all in one fell swoop in one class in graduate school. Talk about your bipolar moment.

[tokiwartooth]

When I was in nursing school forever ago, that was our same grading system, and I failed out of it. The whole program was a nightmare to begin with, but that's a whole other story.

[Douglas MacNeill]

Originally Posted by NuckingFutz

This is what the grading system in my school looks like:

100-92 A
91- 84 B
83 - 77 C
76 - below F

There is no D, only an F which is failing. I don't understand how at 76 could be failing in college/voc tech school. Has anyone ever heard of this type of grading system?

What's up with that? Has higher education changed that much?

I know some programs in Graduate Studies at my university that
offer a grading system pretty close to what you described--but
that presupposes that you already have a B.A. or a B. Sc.

Could you tell us more about the school you're attending that
has that grading system? I notice that you're located in Las
Vegas, but does that mean you're attending UNLV (University of
Nevada--Las Vegas, not to be confused with University of
Nevada--Carson City)?

That's what my undergrad grading was.
I attended a private university in the states; I think it is more common in those types of schools though not necessarily restricted to them.

[NuckingFutz]

I did pull out of the program. I was doing a lot better. I had failed my first term, stuck in there, got a new instructor and was doing really well. I loved my new instructor. Little did I know that a good instructor can teach anything and make it stick. I also found out that the drop out/fail rate with the first instructor was 30%, drop out/fail rate for the second instructor was 15%, quite significant.

But even though I was maintaining a B average, my knee blew out, surgery next month. Already getting my SSI going.

I wish everyone who is working hard through school success!

[pinkbutterfly]

my degree (though Grad school) you can have no more than 2 C's in the whole program. YOu have to get 78% or better. An A in my program is 94% or higher.

[MarlboroChick]

Seems kind of harsh.
But the last school I went to was really bad, and the teachers picked favorites. Most of them hated me (surprise surprise)so I like to think that, even if I had tried, I still would have gotten F's. Hehe

[SingDanceRunLife]

The only time I have experienced this was in nursing school where anything below a C (75) was an F.

In my normal college career, generally below a 65 has been an F, and a D has been between a 66 and 69.

[NuckingFutz]

My bipolar moment didn't have anything to do with school. Has to do with "my car". Bought a car for $1 from a jerk whom I didn't know was a jerk. Everything is in my name, but he won't let me drive it. If anything happens to the car, I'm responsible. He is sinking money into the car, but I'm afraid I'm going to have to either get it out of my name (he won't sign the papers because he has too many tickets to get insurance. Oh, and he's doing me a favor. I have all the responsibility, the paperwork but he has the car and all the keys. I'm not comfortable with that nor did I agree to that. I drove it once, it's getting reposessed.

[tealBumblebee]

Originally Posted by NuckingFutz

This is what the grading system in my school looks like:

100-92 A
91- 84 B
83 - 77 C
76 - below F

There is no D, only an F which is failing. I don't understand how at 76 could be failing in college/voc tech school. Has anyone ever heard of this type of grading system?

What's up with that? Has higher education changed that much?

My summer courses at a technical college were like that. I was too caught off guard by it until I realized the reasoning. Neither a D or an F is a passing grade. The course would need to be retaken regardless (or at least each of the schools i've been too thats the case). So I think its all just blanketed under an F now.