do the US schools follow the same grading criteria ?

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please help me on this
i wanted to know how do US undergradute and graduate shools grade the courses. my undergradute school follow this grading scheme. if there is a difference of grading between US and NON US schools . will it count?

marks out of 100 GRADE POINTS

A 93 0R ABOVE 4.00
A- 90-92 3.67
B+ 87-89 3.33
B 83-86 3.00
B- 80-82 2.67
C+ 77-79 2.33 
C 73-76 2.00
C- 70-72 1.67
D+ 67-69 1.33
D 63-66 1.00
D- 60-62 .67 
F BELOW 60 0

Rubashov1 · Answer

That's how most US schools do it (mine included), but some don't have the +/- system.

In that case it would be:

90-100: 4.0
80-89: 3.0

etc.

pelihu · Answer

Most US schools follow the same general system, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the grades are equivalent. Some schools have rampant grade inflation (A friend at a small private school told me that if she was on track to get lower than a B, the school would drop her from the course so she could retake, so basically 3.0 was the lowest possible grade). Other schools are known to be tough graders and have no problem with handing out failing grades. Of course, there are differences between departments within the same school as well. For example, UCLA (where I went) is known to have tough grading standards, and competition in departments feeding into pre-med is particularly cutthroat.

howardforever · Answer

thanks for replying .accroding to this link
 https://www.wes.org/gradeconversionguide/index.asp 
 
the US equivalent grades for indian system is as follows

Scale U.S. Grade Equiv.
60-100 A
55-59 B+
50-54 B
43-49 C+
35*-42 C
0-34 F

so i have never scored below 60. do i rejoice that all US bschools will convert my transcript's B and C to A. i am confused about this. actually this conversion can make a big difference for international students but if it is applied by bschools . please give comments on this. 
thanks

aceman626 · Answer

There are definitely different standards, even if they're all out of 4.0. At Berkeley, MIT, Chicago undergrad, grading is extremely hard core and its difficult to get high GPAs. Some also have notations when you drop a class.

At many of the Ivies and Stanford, grading is much more lenient, you'd have to really not give a crap to get a C since 90%+ gets A or B. At those schools, you can also generally drop a class at any time and it will disappear from your record.

kryzak · Answer

Stanford is getting a little more strict (they only allow you to drop before the final now, instead of after the final, with no major consequences other than a notation - this was around the 1999-2000 time frame), but it is true, the Ivy's are generally more lenient than the large public schools (where it's a very survival-based place).

do the US schools follow the same grading criteria ?

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