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GenX here. 70% was minimum acceptable grade when I was in US public school and when I was in College. You could technically pass a class in public school wit

GenX here. 70% was minimum acceptable grade when I was in US public school and when I was in College. You could technically pass a class in public school with 60% (D-). However you needed a C GPA to graduate high school in my day. In college anything below a C put you on academic probation. In graduate school anything lower than a B put you on academic probation.

llm_trw 2y ago
At university there were classes where anything less than 80% was considered a fail and there were other classes where anything more than 35% was considered astonishingly good. It really depends on the lecturer and their style.
- parpfish 2y ago
  For my college math and physics exams, the profs would pick exercises at random and wouldnt know how hard the test was until after the grades came in. And having a super high ceiling where a 25% is passing allowed them to see if there were any super geniuses in the class
  - llm_trw 2y ago
    It was indeed in physics/math/cs where I had classes with a passing grade of >30%. A memorable classes being Electromagnetism 4 where the passing grade in my year was 8% and Quantum Mechanics 3 with 15%.
  - GoblinSlayer 2y ago
    Is there a need for that? At one exam a prof exchanged a couple of words with me and immediately realized I can be given more difficult problems.
  - mmmBacon 2y ago
    I don’t see the point of an exam where a 25% is a passing grade. Sounds like bad teaching to me. For most classes: say E&M or classical mechanics there are a finite number of problems that you can work out in a 3 hour exam. So you can study accordingly. For harder classes, we usually had take home exams. The take home exams were extremely demanding but doable. There was no way you could pass in class or take home exams with a 25% grade.
- pm3003 2y ago
  30% was the lowest passing grade I've ever seen, and it was "Production Engineering" where we mostly had to learn a 650-page script and spill it out during the exam, with questions such as "A 25mm thick [precise alloy type] metal plate is bored with a [drill type] drill with a speed of xxxx rpm. Describe the size and shape of the shavings.". Very stupid, 6h long exam.

llm_trw 2y ago

At university there were classes where anything less than 80% was considered a fail and there were other classes where anything more than 35% was considered astonishingly good. It really depends on the lecturer and their style.

parpfish 2y ago
For my college math and physics exams, the profs would pick exercises at random and wouldnt know how hard the test was until after the grades came in. And having a super high ceiling where a 25% is passing allowed them to see if there were any super geniuses in the class
- llm_trw 2y ago
  It was indeed in physics/math/cs where I had classes with a passing grade of >30%. A memorable classes being Electromagnetism 4 where the passing grade in my year was 8% and Quantum Mechanics 3 with 15%.
- GoblinSlayer 2y ago
  Is there a need for that? At one exam a prof exchanged a couple of words with me and immediately realized I can be given more difficult problems.
- mmmBacon 2y ago
  I don’t see the point of an exam where a 25% is a passing grade. Sounds like bad teaching to me. For most classes: say E&M or classical mechanics there are a finite number of problems that you can work out in a 3 hour exam. So you can study accordingly. For harder classes, we usually had take home exams. The take home exams were extremely demanding but doable. There was no way you could pass in class or take home exams with a 25% grade.
pm3003 2y ago
30% was the lowest passing grade I've ever seen, and it was "Production Engineering" where we mostly had to learn a 650-page script and spill it out during the exam, with questions such as "A 25mm thick [precise alloy type] metal plate is bored with a [drill type] drill with a speed of xxxx rpm. Describe the size and shape of the shavings.". Very stupid, 6h long exam.