Is a D- considered failing?

[isasir]

If you get a D- in a class, is it considered barely passing, or failing? What about a D?

 

[minendo]

D for Diploma

 

[Nocturnal]

I'd say it is. Barely passing. Even a regular D is pretty bad.

 

[Lager]

D is for Don't forget summer.

 

[Hammer]

F = Fail

 

[amnesiac]

It's not a "fail" but it's pretty piss poor and if in college may not be applicable for credit, depending on policy.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I'd say it is. Barely passing. Even a regular D is pretty bad.

A "D" can be good or bad, depending on the context you're using it in....

 

[Ns1]

college or hs?

college = fail

 

[Schadenfreude]

It's not applicable for credit where I go . . ..

 

[isasir]

Heck, can you even get a D-? I always assumed a D is the lowest possible score you can get to still pass. That's why I dunno where the heck a D- fits into things, considering an F is a clear-cut failure.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
college or hs?

college = fail

Not true.

 

[WhiteKnight]

D is considered a "passing" grade at my school though if your average were a D on a pass/fail course it would count as a failure. Furthermore, getting a second D in your major, or at least it that's how it was in mine, would result in termination of the major.

Edit: We don't have D-, just D and D+. Anything lower is F.

 

[EyeMWing]

60% is the lowest passing grade. This is a D-.

 

[isasir]

The reason I ask is cuz I need to do a conversion chart of letter grades to numeric grades. Here in NY, 65 is passing. Using a typical scale, this puts a D at about 65 (A=95,B=85,C=75), and a D- at 62, thus making it a failing grade. I didn't know if I need to redo my scale to make a D- a 65 instead.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: RishiS
The reason I ask is cuz I need to do a conversion chart of letter grades to numeric grades. Here in NY, 65 is passing. Using a typical scale, this puts a D at about 65 (A=95,B=85,C=75), and a D- at 62, thus making it a failing grade. I didn't know if I need to redo my scale to make a D- a 65 instead.

wtf 65 is passing? Did they lower the standards yet again?

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: dabuddha

Originally posted by: RishiS
The reason I ask is cuz I need to do a conversion chart of letter grades to numeric grades. Here in NY, 65 is passing. Using a typical scale, this puts a D at about 65 (A=95,B=85,C=75), and a D- at 62, thus making it a failing grade. I didn't know if I need to redo my scale to make a D- a 65 instead.

wtf 65 is passing? Did they lower the standards yet again?

This is for jr. high/high school. 64 is passing in Fairfax, Virginia. 60 is passing at the school we work with in Boston. I don' t know what it is elsewhere.

 

[skace]

I consider a "D", the most efficient way to pass a class

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: RishiS
This is for jr. high/high school. 64 is passing in Fairfax, Virginia. 60 is passing at the school we work with in Boston. I don' t know what it is elsewhere.

Where I went to grade school through highschool the a D was 70-77.

 

[boyRacer]

It's passing in some Cal States here... weird enough... its failing in some CCs... probably just so you can meet UC requirements if you want to transfer there.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

I'd call it an F and retake the class. Out of curiosity, what class did you fail?

 

D = DUNCE
D = DIMWIT
D = DUMMY

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Roger
D = DUNCE
D = DIMWIT
D = DUMMY

If you say, but as I said earlier, D is for Diploma. With some of the bullshit, unrelated classes I have to take for my major, I don't care if I pass them with a D.

 

[Vette73]

You must get at least a C or higher in your major for it to count for graduation at my College. So a D+ is just as bad as a F when it somes to Graduating.

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: TheBoyBlunder
I'd call it an F and retake the class. Out of curiosity, what class did you fail?

I didn't fail. I have to convert letter grades to numeric grades to put them into our database and calculate what percentage failed. Using the scale I initially made, a kid with a D- would fail, since his numeric conversion was a 62, whereas you'd need a 65 to pass.

It's one of these things where no one solution seems to fit, so I'm trying to figure out if I can leave it as is, for now.

 

[GroundZero]

if you are talking highschool in my area you have to maintain at least a c to be passing.
anything lower than a c and you are failing...