When I went to school, it lined up like this:
0-49 - fail
50-59 - D
60-69 - C
70-79 - B
80-89 - A
90-100 - A+
And that was mostly in the '90s, but already in the '90s we everyone kind of knew that they weren't going to actually let anyone fail unless they really mess things up. Incidentally, there was a point in my life where I really messed things up. After that I had to work really hard to recover from my very bad semester. Thankfully, I was able to get enough extra work done to graduate on time.
On the other hand, we didn't really focus on the letter grades anyway, everyone just knew their mark. If you got a 60 or a 69, they might both be a c but it was pretty clear that they weren't the same mark.
0-49 - fail
50-59 - D
60-69 - C
70-79 - B
80-89 - A
90-100 - A+
And that was mostly in the '90s, but already in the '90s we everyone kind of knew that they weren't going to actually let anyone fail unless they really mess things up. Incidentally, there was a point in my life where I really messed things up. After that I had to work really hard to recover from my very bad semester. Thankfully, I was able to get enough extra work done to graduate on time.
On the other hand, we didn't really focus on the letter grades anyway, everyone just knew their mark. If you got a 60 or a 69, they might both be a c but it was pretty clear that they weren't the same mark.
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Public schools where I was in the 80s had a strict 10 point scale. Plus/minus was only on assignments? midterm and final grades had letter only.
A couple of private schools I attended, passing was 70 and one was 80. That one was brutal. I always thought 70 was a fair cutoff.
A couple of private schools I attended, passing was 70 and one was 80. That one was brutal. I always thought 70 was a fair cutoff.