Damn, you only need an 85 for an A? In most classes in America, the A is like 92 or 93+...

Those Australians and their lackadaisical standards. Last year, you needed a 94 to get an A in my county, but this year they reduced it to 93.

85 is not even an A- at my uni, it's a B :( OP: partly FYL but mostly YDI.

Keep in mind that just because the points distribute differently doesn't mean that it is easier or harder to get a given grade -- it might be harder or easier to get those points.

Grading at my high school was: 97+: A+ 93-96: A 90-92: A- 86-89: B+ 83-85: B 80-82: B- 76-69: C+ 73-75: C 70-72: C- 66-69: D+ 63-65: D 60-62: D- 59-: F It's nice to know that F students at my high school would've been C students in Australia.

Not really the case 38. 100 question exam you could miss 15 and still get an A in Australia, but in America you can only get 8 wrong to still get that A. at least we're not letting as many idiots pass. A - 92 - 100 B - 83 - 91 C - 74 - 82 D - 65 - 73 F - 0 - 64 As for the OP, YDI for letting your friend copy off you. No sense complaining, you brought it on yourself.

If y'all think this is confusing, don't move to Denmark! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grade_%28education%29

u only need an 85 for an A? a 70 for a B? i get grounded when i get an 85. 94 and up is a lot of america

no always 66 at my school it's; A 90 -100 B 80 - 89 C 70 - 79 D 60 -69 F 59 - below but the teacher really should have failed them both and at my school they fail all people involved and they get ISD or ASD (In school Detention, After School Detention)

Time to move to Australia!

Mine's A= 80-100 B= 70-79 C= 60-69 D= 50-59 F= 0-49

Wow, at my school you need a 95+ to get an A.

All schools are different, and when you get to college/university most of the time professors decide their own cutoffs. I have one professor who says a 92+ is an A and a 90/91 is an A-, and another professor who declares anything above 95 is an A and a 91-94 is an A-. While an 85 equaling an A may seem really lacking in standards to you, perhaps the teachers have much harder grading standards :)

the grading changes from state to state, from school to school. Those are only basic guidelines.

True, an 85+ may be an A here in Australia but it is difficult to get those grades sometimes. The teachers may decide what an A is, also. It depends on what marks other students get. I could get 85% but only have a B because heaps of students received a higher mark.

Talking about grading systems, The Netherlands uses a much easier system: 100 = 10 99-90 = 9 89-80 = 8 79-70 = 7 69-60 = 6 59-50 = 5 49-40 = 4 39-30 = 3 29-20 = 2 19-10 = 1 Between the marks we also use decimals.

If you use decimals... Isn't it really the same exact thing but divided by 10?

That is not entirely true. My dumbass chemistry teacher last year gave one of my friends a 75 on a worksheet. The person she did it with, and had the exact same answers, got a 100. Some teachers play favorites or use the 'stair method.'