In general, colleges operate on a standard grading scale similar to ... on a minimum of 12 units of credit for courses in which letter grades were assigned," Wood says. Experts say a 4.0 GPA ...

The letter grades, which use data from the last school year, are preliminary. Schools can appeal their grades. They will likely be finalized in December 2019 or later.

Students take a standard individual exam before also taking a group test ... the associate vice provost of teaching at UC Santa Cruz, who argues that letter grades aren’t necessarily indicative of ...