GRADING SYSTEM

Students have the option of electing each course on a letter or non-letter grading system.

Wellesley uses the following letter grade system

Grade A (4.00) is given to students who meet with conspicuous excellence every demand that can fairly be made by the course.

Grade A- (3.67)

Grade B+ (3.33)

Grade B (3.00) is given to those students who add to the minimum of satisfactory attainment excellence in not all, but some of the following: organization, accuracy, originality, understanding, insight.

Grade B- (2.67)

Grade C+ (2.33)

Grade C (2.00) is given to those students who have attained a satisfactory familiarity with the content of a course and who have demonstrated ability to use this knowledge in a satisfactory manner.

Grade C- (1.67)

Grade D (1.00) is a passing grade. there is no grade of D+ or D-.

Grade F (0.00) Failure

The following non-letter grades are given:

I Given for work incomplete at close of semester. "I" will remain and be followed by a grade, when that grade is recorded

XI Excused incomplete, "I" will be replaced by grade

INC Permanent incomplete given if an earned grade for unexcused incomplete work is not submitted within the stipulated time period.

P Credit in MIT course (Requires a grade of D or better)

CR Credit (requires a grade of C or better - Fall, 2003 forward)

R Credit (Requires a grade of C or better)

NCR No credit (a grade below C was earned in the course)

RD Credit with distinction (Used for some writing courses)

TBG A two semester course to be graded at the end of the second semester.

WDR A course dropped after the four week deadline

CREDIT/NON-CREDIT INFORMATION

Students have the option of taking an unlimited number of units on a credit/non-credit basis. However, a student who wishes to be considered for Latin Honors may take only one unit credit/non for every four units taken at Wellesley or MIT after her first year. (For Davis Scholars and transfer students, this is the first 6 units that are counted toward the Wellesley degree and any attached to them.) Even if you do not receive credit for a course that has been declared credit/non, the course will be considered part of the total credit/non units for consideration of Latin Honors.

The period during which students may declare that they wish to take a course on a credit/non basis is the first three weeks of the fall and spring semesters (or the first two days of wintersession or each summer session). Students must use the online registration system to declare that they wish to take a course credit/non.

Effective in the fall 2003 semester, if a student receives a grade of C or higher in a course that she has elected credit/non, a notation of CR (credit) will appear on her transcript; if she receives a grade lower than a C, then a notation of NCR (no credit) will appear on the transcript. If a student withdraws from the course after the fourth week of the semester, a WDR will appear on the transcript; if she does not complete the work for the course, then an I or INC will be printed on the transcript.

Please see your Class Dean if you have any questions about credit/non.

SEE ARTICLES OF GOVERNMENT, BOOK II, ARTICLE VII, SECTION 1.C.

Email: regoffice@wellesley.edu
Registrar's Office: Oct 25, 1996
Last Modified: February 19, 2008
Expires: Jan 1, 2004
Maintained by: C. Voorhees