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Grading System in South Korea

South Korea GPA calculator

Grading scales:

Post-secondary

Secondary (October 2004–Present)

Secondary (Before October 2004)

Letter Grade (Old)

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Chungbuk National University

Gachon University

Hansei University

Hanyang University

Hanyang University (Alternative)

Kwangwoon University

Kyung Hee University

Letter Grade

Seoul National University

Soongsil University

Yonsei University

Post-secondary

Grade	Scale	Grade Description	US Grade
A+	95.00 - 100.00		A+
A	90.00 - 94.99		A
A-			A-
B+	85.00 - 89.99		B+
B	80.00 - 84.99		B
B-			B-
C+	75.00 - 79.00		C+
C	70.00 - 74.00		C
C-			C-
D+	65.00 - 69.99		D+
D	60.00 - 64.99		D
D-			D-
F	0.00 - 59.99		F
P		Pass without credit	S
S		Pass with credit	S

Secondary (October 2004–Present)

The rank is based on the relative position of a student in a class.

Scale	Grade Description	US Grade	Notes
1.00	Rank 1	A+	4%
2.00	Rank 2	A	7%
3.00	Rank 3	B+	12%
4.00	Rank 4	B	17%
5.00	Rank 5	C+	20%
6.00	Rank 6	C	17%
7.00	Rank 7	D+	12%
8.00	Rank 8	D	7%
9.00	Rank 9	F	4%

Secondary (Before October 2004)

Grade	Scale	Scale 2	Grade Description	US Grade
Su	90.00 - 100.00	9.00 - 10.00	Outstanding (수)	A
Wu	80.00 - 89.99	7.00 - 8.00	Excellent (우)	A
Mi	70.00 - 79.99	5.00 - 6.00	Average (미)	B
Yang	60.00 - 69.99	3.50 - 4.00	Below Average (양)	C
Ga	0.00 - 59.99	0.00 - 3.00	Poor (가)	D

Letter Grade (Old)

Grade	Scale	US Grade
A	90.00 - 100.00	A
B	80.00 - 89.99	B
C	70.00 - 79.99	C
D	60.00 - 69.99	D
F	0.00 - 59.99	F
P		S

International Baccalaureate Diploma

Scale	US Grade
6.00 - 7.00	A
5.00 - 5.99	B
4.00 - 4.99	C
3.00 - 3.99	D
1.00 - 2.99	F
0.00 - 0.99	F

Chungbuk National University

Grade	Scale	Scale 2	US Grade
A+	4.50	95.00 - 100.00	A+
A0	4.00	90.00 - 94.00	A
B+	3.50	85.00 - 89.00	AB
B0	3.00	80.00 - 84.00	B
C+	2.50	75.00 - 79.00	BC
C0	2.00	70.00 - 74.00	C
D+	1.50	65.00 - 69.00	CD
D0	1.00	60.00 - 64.00	D
D	0.00	0.00 - 59.00	F
P			P

Gachon University

Grade	Scale	Scale 2	US Grade
A+	4.50	95.00 - 100.00	A+
A0	4.00	90.00 - 94.00	A
B+	3.50	85.00 - 89.00	AB
B0	3.00	80.00 - 84.00	B
C+	2.50	75.00 - 79.00	BC
C0	2.00	70.00 - 74.00	C
D+	1.50	65.00 - 69.00	CD
D0	1.00	60.00 - 64.00	D
D	0.00	0.00 - 59.00	F
P			P

Hansei University

Grade	Scale	US Grade
A+	4.50 - 4.50	A+
A	4.00 - 4.00	A
B+	3.50 - 3.50	AB
B	3.00 - 3.00	B
C+	2.50 - 2.50	BC
C	2.00 - 2.00	C
F	0.00 - 1.99	F

Hanyang University

Grade	Scale	Grade Description	US Grade	Notes
A	4.00		A
B	3.00		B
C	2.00		C
D	1.00		D	Lowest Passing Grade
P		Pass	S
F		Fail	F

Hanyang University (Alternative)

Grade	Scale	Scale 2	Grade Description	US Grade
A	4.00	90.00 - 100.00	Excellent	A
B	3.00	80.00 - 89.00	Good	B
C	2.00	70.00 - 79.00	Fair	C
P	0.00	70.00 - 100.00	Pass	S
F	0.00	0.00 - 69.00	Fail	F

Kwangwoon University

Grade	Scale	Scale 2	US Grade
A+	4.50	95.00 - 100.00	A+
A0	4.00	90.00 - 94.00	A
B+	3.50	85.00 - 89.00	AB
B0	3.00	80.00 - 84.00	B
C+	2.50	75.00 - 79.00	BC
C0	2.00	70.00 - 74.00	C
D+	1.50	65.00 - 69.00	CD
D0	1.00	60.00 - 64.00	D
F	0.00	0.00 - 59.00	F
S			S

Kyung Hee University

Grade	Scale	US Grade
A+	100.00	A+
A0	96.00 - 99.00	A
A-	93.00 - 95.00	A-
B+	89.00 - 92.00	B+
B0	86.00 - 88.00	B
B-	83.00 - 85.00	B-
C+	79.00 - 82.00	C+
C0	76.00 - 78.00	C
C-	73.00 - 75.00	C-
D+	69.00 - 72.00	D+
D0	66.00 - 68.00	D
D-	63.00 - 65.00	D-
F	0.00 - 62.00	F

Letter Grade

Korea University
Sejong University

Grade	Scale	US Grade
A+	95.00 - 100.00	A+
A	90.00 - 94.99	A
B+	85.00 - 89.99	AB
B	80.00 - 84.99	B
C+	75.00 - 79.99	BC
C	70.00 - 74.99	C
D+	65.00 - 69.99	CD
D	60.00 - 64.99	D
F	0.00 - 59.99	F

Seoul National University

Grade	Scale	Grade Description	US Grade
A+	4.30		A+
A0	4.00		A
A-	3.70		A-
B+	3.30		B+
B0	3.00		B
B-	2.70		B-
C+	2.30		C+
C0	2.00		C
C-	1.70		C-
D+	1.30		D+
D0	1.00		D
D-	0.70		D-
F	0.00		F
P		Pass	S
NP		Non-Pass	F

Soongsil University

Grade	Scale	US Grade
A+	97.00 - 100.00	A+
A0	94.00 - 96.00	A
A-	90.00 - 93.00	A-
B+	87.00 - 89.00	B+
B0	84.00 - 86.00	B
B-	80.00 - 83.00	B-
C+	77.00 - 79.00	C+
C0	74.00 - 76.00	C
C-	70.00 - 73.00	C-
D+	67.00 - 69.00	D+
D0	64.00 - 66.00	D
D-	60.00 - 63.00	D-
F	0.00 - 59.00	F

Yonsei University

Grade	Scale	Grade Description	US Grade
A+	4.30		A+
A0	4.00		A
A-	3.70		A-
B+	3.30		B+
B0	3.00		B
B-	2.70		B-
C+	2.30		C+
C0	2.00		C
C-	1.70		C-
D+	1.30		D+
D0	1.00		D
D-	0.70		D-
F	0.00		F
P		Pass	S
NP		Non-Pass	F

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