Is a D- considered failing?

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Kilrsat

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Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
college or hs?

college = fail
Not true.

Failing? You don't fail in college, they just tweak the scales.

Break down of one of my calculus finals:

40+ - A
37 - 39 - AB
30 - 36 - B
27 - 29 - BC
15 - 26 - C
0 - 14 - D

Yes, I do mean 0 - 14, not 10, not 1. If you put your name down you got a D :)

 

Jzero

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At my college "D" was a passing grade (i.e. you get the credits). The catch is that in order to graduate, you need to have a certain GPA, so having too many Ds could prevent you from graduating.

I have a D on my transcript. I had a teacher who had it in for me. He gave me Fs for 2 different classes, and I was going to have to take him for another class. Basically in order to save themselves a lot of headache, the department gave me a D and allowed me to take the other class at another school. I told them if I never had to take another class with that Prof, I'd never bother them again.
 

Ns1

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Originally posted by: Kilrsat
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
college or hs?

college = fail
Not true.

Failing? You don't fail in college, they just tweak the scales.

Break down of one of my calculus finals:

40+ - A
37 - 39 - AB
30 - 36 - B
27 - 29 - BC
15 - 26 - C
0 - 14 - D

Yes, I do mean 0 - 14, not 10, not 1. If you put your name down you got a D :)

dude wehre the hell do you people go to school, alabama?

90% A 80% B 70% C 60%D 50% F for the most part, sometimes curved but anything lower than 50% is always a fail

community college d/f = fail, UC system C- and below = fail
 

Kilrsat

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Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: Kilrsat
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
college or hs?

college = fail
Not true.

Failing? You don't fail in college, they just tweak the scales.

Break down of one of my calculus finals:

40+ - A
37 - 39 - AB
30 - 36 - B
27 - 29 - BC
15 - 26 - C
0 - 14 - D

Yes, I do mean 0 - 14, not 10, not 1. If you put your name down you got a D :)

dude wehre the hell do you people go to school, alabama?

90% A 80% B 70% C 60%D 50% F for the most part, sometimes curved but anything lower than 50% is always a fail

community college d/f = fail, UC system C- and below = fail


University of Wisconsin - Madison. Go Badgers! :)
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
college or hs?

college = fail
Not true.

where the heck do you go then

in california c- and lower = fail
Purdue University. There are some majors that require certain grades and anything below that does not count, but D is passing for the most part.

 

Konigin

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

Yeah, in HS its passing, but I'd say a D in college would be much worse.
 

anno

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SC grading scale

cliffnotes version..

Under the new statewide grading scale:

an A is 93-100;
a B is 85-92;
a C is 77-84;
and a D is 70-76.
Anything below 69 is an F.

(new being as of a few years ago)
 

Ameesh

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Depends on your department , our School of engineering wouldn't let you graduate with a D in a required class. C- was the lowest you could have.
 

Apathetic

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It is "passing", but it might not be good enough depending upon the circumstances. For example, if you're in college and it's a course required by your major, your degree program may require you to pass the course with a "C" or higher.

Dave
 

Shawn

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Apr 20, 2003
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Originally posted by: anno
SC grading scale

cliffnotes version..

Under the new statewide grading scale:

an A is 93-100;
a B is 85-92;
a C is 77-84;
and a D is 70-76.
Anything below 69 is an F.

(new being as of a few years ago)

That sucks. Florida's grade scale is...

A = 90-100
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
D = 60-69
F= 59 or below



 

Rage187

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100-92=A

91-85=B

84-77=C

76-70=D

60-0=F



That was until college.

Then

100-90=A
89-80=B
79-70=C
69-0=F
 

CubicZirconia

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Originally posted by: Cal166
What class did you get a D- in? Hardly see a D- in college.

You must have had a few D-'s yourself in English, since he has already stated more than once why he's asking the question.
 

dabuddha

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Originally posted by: RishiS
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.

Shoot in my middle school and high school, 70-80 was a C, 81-90 was a B, and 91+ was an A. Anything below 70 was a big fat F. In my university, 60-69 was a D and was only passing if it was a non major course.