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Under the academic program at WPI, students are graded on the basis of competence, instead of in the traditional manner. Satisfactory work of students is evaluated as DIST (acceptable with distinction), AC (acceptable) or A, B, C grades. Course or project work for which credit is not earned is not placed on record.
There is no direct conversion formula that will meaningfully convert WPI grades to a numerical equivalent. Some outside agencies, in an attempt to compare our students with those from traditional grading programs, have done so based on the following criteria:
A | 4.0 | quality points |
B | 3.0 | quality points |
C | 2.0 | quality points |
DIST/AD | 4.0 | quality points |
AC | 2.75 | quality points |
No evaluation is recorded for work of inferior or of unacceptable quality. The average is obtained by dividing the total score by the number of recorded grades. Such a computation for this student yields 3.34.
To obtain a more accurate appraisal of this student's abilities, please contact members of the faculty who know this student.
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