The "D" Grade in grad work. Does anyone accept it?

Good Morning, Looking for any RA school that will accept " D" in transfer. Ideas greatly appreciated. Hille

 

Not that I've ever seen.

Pug

 

In fact a "B" is the cutoff grade for graduate level academic work.

 

In all of the grad schools I am familiar with a 'D' grade does not even exist. Normally a C will result in academic probation and more than two C's would (and I think should) result in dismissal from the program.

 

That's how it was in my Masters program.

 

Many schools you can have 2 C's and the third is explulsion. Most schools go directly form C to F and D's are not awarded. I am not aware of any situation where they are accepted for transfer.

 

You may want to consider DETC or foreign degrees that may be a bit more flexible. If you had a body of transfer credit that was above 3.0 GPA, you may be able to sell them on the entire body of transfer credit (above a 3.0 GPA) rather than the individual D.

Good luck.

 

It's DETC, but ColSouth may accept a C in transfer to their Masters programs.

http://www.colsouth.edu/Admissions/admission_information.html#credit

Greg

 

I go to Strayer and their grading scale is:

A
B
C
F
(for graduate)

And they will not accept anything less than a B in transfer, not sure but maybe it's a Middle States Requirement or something. GWU or GMU will not accept anything less than a B either, I guess it depends on the school.

 

Not to get off track but I'm amazed at the disparity between UK and US post-grad grading. The average grade at my business school (Henley) is 53% or C. A grade of D- is a pass although a 50% (C) average overall is required.

Do the top level US business schools (Harvard/Wharton etc) also cut off grade at C?

All the best,

Dave C.

 

Earned in UK

Good Morning, This degree was "earned" in the UK. Does that open up any other possibilities?
Thanks. HIlle

 

Seems to me the best bet would be to have one of the academic equivalency services (there are a number of them that evaluate how overseas degrees match up against US degrees) give an opinion as to what a D in the British system would be in the US system.

Regards,
GME

 

Evaluators - US

Good Morning, Who would you suggest for an evaluator? Thank you. Hille

 

Simon's statement notwithstanding, a B is not always the cutoff grade in grad school. It is true that most of the grad schools that offer master's and doctoral programs have a cutoff grade of a B, but many of the master's-only grad programs will accept a C so long as one maintains a B average. Lifelonglearner's and Obecve's statements notwithstanding, it is not necessarily true that two or more C's will result in expulsion. While that is true of American Military University, I can personally attest that this is most emphatically not true of City University, where I got C's in both Applied Statistical Processes and The Business Plan and yet nevertheless walked away with two MBA degrees and a cumulative GPA of 3.38. Southwest University used to deem D's as passable even in its doctoral programs back in its pre-accreditation days, though I am sure that that has changed now that they are accredited. I did, once upon a time, read some law school catalog that accepted D's as passable, but I forget whether that was one of the correspondence law schools or an easier-to-get-into bricks & mortar law school. BTW - Would anyone like to read their lawyer's law school transcrpts to find out whether he/she got a D in the course where you need legal representation?

 

Just a thought. A competency based program might be the answer for this. Something like Western Governors. The student might be on the cusp of a competency with a D and a little bit of additional study, maybe passage of a test or other evaluation method might put them on the board with minimal effort.

 

No school considers a grade of "D" for transfer; in fact most schools require at a least a "C" for transferability.