About my grading scale
Aug 01 '07
The Bottom Line is Metacritical.
There have been some queries about the format of my grading scale. For example:
"Rating: A- (88/100)"
"But! But! But!" the reader sputters, "Doesn't 88 mean... B+?"
If you are in elementary school, yes. But I go by the Metacritic grade conversion scale (http://www.metacritic.com/about/scoring.shtml#scoring), which is thus:
A+ (100)
A (95)
A- (91)
B+ (83)
B (75)
B- (67)
C+ (58)
C (50)
C- (42)
D+ (33)
D (25)
D- (16)
F+ (8)
F (0)
Why is this, you ask? The answer is quite simple: if someone scores a CD a "2 out of 4," they are stating that the record is "okay" -- or, they're giving it a "C." 2 divided by 4 equals 50 percent. Hence,
2/4 = C
2/4 = 50%
C = 50%
Make sense? I hope so.
-T. Speaker
Note: The exception is that Metacritic lists an "A" as "100."
Note 2: An 88/100 is also why an "A-" grade can be rounded down to "four stars" on the epinions scale. This is why the company should allow half-stars.
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