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Originally Posted by Gilda
I don't know of any teacher at any level who gives a C for 60-69%. The standard scale in US public schools uses a 10 point range, with 90-80-70-60 being cutoff points for A-B-C-D. My grading scale skews a little higher than that. The cutoff for a passing grade in my middle school classes is 67%, and in my University classes 75%.
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In difficult science classes, the C range may well be a 40-50% based on the curve. This is very true with professors who like to give near impossible tests to get 90%+ on in order to get a true seperation of the students.
I think my lowest 'passing' score (it was a C, never have your GF break up with you the night you are trying to study) on an exam was a raw 35%.