Grade Thresholds
To earn the final grade in the left column, your cumulative average must reach at least the corresponding threshold value. Threshold values are shown in bold.
| A | A+ | 98.18 |
| A | 94.54 | |
| A- | 90.00 | |
| B | B+ | 87.23 |
| B | 83.63 | |
| B- | 80.00 | |
| C | C+ | 76.36 |
| C | 72.73 | |
| C- | 70.00 | |
| D | D+ | 65.45 |
| D | 61.82 | |
| D- | 58.18 | |
| F | 0 |
Note - numeric average is not the ultimate determinant of your course grade. I grade the result of your learning experience at my discretion, relying on your numeric averages plus other factors I judge reflective. Attendance, dishonesty, attitude-- along with tests and classwork-- can influence your grade.
Santa Monica College records only whole-letter grades, without pluses or minuses. The grade that appears on web-posted grade reports is usually a rounded one. The unrounded grade is the real one. A posted grade of 90 for example might indicate either B or A, depending if the real grade were below 90 (e.g., 89.9) or above it (e.g., 90.1).