[OJFord]

Or rather between them, yes. (Or a bit lower than 4.0, that's perfect right? Or do you not have to get full marks on every exam to achieve that?)

[zamfi]

C is often the lowest passing grade — so, same saying really.

[antasvara]

4.0 would mean that you got a letter grade of "A" in every class. In the US, that usually means you got a final grade of 95% or higher in every class.

[wombatpm]

In high school maybe. All my stem classes in college were graded on a curve. First exam freshman year was physics. I walked out thinking I failed. There were questions I did not answer. Later that night they posted raw scores. Mine was 48 pts out of 100.

I was ready to withdraw and reconsider engineering as a major.

Later still they posted the cut offs. 40 was the cutoff for an A. Avg was 36 and the cutoff for a B. My 48 was the 4th highest score.

I would have preferred the British system

[TylerE]

95? I have never seen that. 10 point seems to be the most common (A=90+).

[AlchemistCamp]

At my school, 90, 91, and 92 were considered an A- and worth only 3.7 grade points.

[TylerE]

That’s a little more normal. In my state Grades 1-8 ran on a 7pt scale. A was 93+, B was 85-93