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Grading SystemTerminologyThe grading system at New St. Andrews College employs a unique terminology, as outlined below. The reason we do not grade according to the standard A, B, C formula is three-fold. First, the fairly common problem of grade inflation has made the older system less informative than it used to be. Second, many of our students are so accustomed to excelling under the standard method of grading that they might think they are doing poorly in our program if they received the equivalent of a B, for example. With a different system of grading, our focus can return to where it ought to be—on the knowledge being acquired, rather than a very limited measuring stick of that knowledge. Third, we do not believe that quantitative measures are fully adequate to describe knowledge. However, for those students who transfer out of our college, we do have a means of translating the grades into the common system.
Students receive a grade report after the completion of each academic term. Because grade reports include personalized remarks from every instructor, these reports will normally be distributed three to four weeks following an academic term. For each term, full-time students will receive one score for each of their courses, and one for the final exam. The final exam score is a composite of the student's exam performance in each course. In calculating the composite score, a student's performance in Lordship or Principia Theologiae is weighted twice as much as the other courses. The final exam is calculated into the Grade Point Average. Cumulative Grade Point AveragesCumulative grade point averages (G.P.A.s) are calculated using the numerical value of each grade assigned for each course and composite exam grade on a student's transcript. Courses taken on a pass/fail basis are not factored into G.P.A. calculations. Students should note that the College's two required theology courses, Lordship and Principia Theologiae, receive double weight when calculating G.P.A. (See "Credit Requirements" under Degree Programs above.) A student's individual course grades and overall grade point average will be interpreted according to the following numerical interpretive key. This key will be used to determine whether a student has met the relevant criteria for graduation or graduation with academic honors.
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