<p>Hi, I’m an international student. I want to know something about american high school system, such as marks and exams. If you take a course, can you be examined by the teacher every day or have you one date for the exam, after the course…?</p>
<p>The general grading system goes like this:
A = 90-100%
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 65-69%
5 = Below 65%
For Grade Point Averages:
4.0 = A
3.0 = B
2.0 = C
1.0 = D
0.0 = F
Exams:
Exams are whenever the teacher wants to give them, such as tests after you finish a unit, or weekly quizzes. Midterms are given in the middle of the school year, final exams at the end of the year or after you’ve taken the course.</p>
<p>It seems that american system is easier than italian system…
However you can’t do a comparisons between letter grades and number grades. In my school that is one of the best of the city(Rome) there isn’t anybody that have a GPA of 10; we use a decimal scale.
Teachers don’t consider 10, usally they give marks from 8 to 1…</p>