Grades
Checking Your Grades
As a student at New York University, your class grades and grade point average make up a large part of your academic record and are determined according to university grading policies.
You can check your midterm and final grades on NYU Albert each term you’re enrolled after your instructor submits them to our office.
To view your midterm and final grades:
- Go to the Grades and Transcripts section in NYU Albert
- Generate an unofficial transcript to see your grades and your cumulative GPA
Official transcripts must be requested from the Office of the Registrar.
Grade Point Average
Your grade point average or GPA is a weighted average that measures scholastic achievement on a scale from 4.000, an A, to 0.000, an F.
Your GPA is created by dividing the total number of quality points earned by the total number of credit hours earned.
Your GPA contains three decimal points rather than one because of a University Senate resolution issued in March 2018.
The new system resolves inconsistencies between quality points and grade point averages, since the latter are represented on your NYU transcript using three decimal points.
Please note: A specific grade may not be valid in a particular school or division.
New Values for Grades Earned in Fall 2018 and Later
Letter Grade | Legend | Quality Points |
---|---|---|
A | Excellent | 4.000 |
A- | Excellent | 3.667 |
B+ | Good | 3.333 |
B | Good | 3.000 |
B- | Good | 2.667 |
C+ | Satisfactory | 2.333 |
C | Satisfactory | 2.000 |
C- | Satisfactory | 1.667 |
D+ | Minimum Passing Grade | 1.333 |
D | Minimum Passing Grade | 1.000 |
F | Failure | 0.000 |
IF | Incomplete-Failure | Excluded from GPA |
IP | Incomplete-Passing | Excluded from GPA |
I | Incomplete | Excluded from GPA |
P | Passing | Excluded from GPA |
W | Withdrew Officially | Excluded from GPA |
NI |
Needs Improvement (Mid-term grade only) |
Excluded from GPA |
NR | No Record | Excluded from GPA |
N | No Credit/Unofficial Withdrawal | Excluded from GPA |
R | Registered Auditor | Excluded from GPA |
S | Satisfactory | Excluded from GPA |
UE | Unable to Evaluate (Mid-term grade only) | Excluded from GPA |
U | Unsatisfactory Progress | Excluded from GPA |
V | Grades preceded with V are not included in GPA or totals for attempted, passed orcompleted credits | Excluded from GPA |
* | Grades followed by an (*) are excluded from GPA,but the credits are counted towards the summary of totals for passed and completed credits | Excluded from GPA |
AUD | Auditor Status | Excluded from GPA |
Special Designator: *** |
Coursework in progress/ No Grade Reported |
0.000 |
Grades Earned Prior to Fall 2018 and Earlier
Letter Grade | Legend | Quality Points |
---|---|---|
A | Excellent | 4.0 |
A- | Excellent | 3.7 |
B+ | Good | 3.3 |
B | Good | 3.0 |
B- | Good | 2.7 |
C+ | Satisfactory | 2.3 |
C | Satisfactory | 2.0 |
C- | Satisfactory | 1.7 |
D+ | Minimum Passing Grade | 1.3 |
D | Minimum Passing Grade | 1.0 |
F | Failure | 0.0 |
IF | Incomplete-Failure | 0.0 |
IP | Incomplete-Passing | 0.0 |
I | Incomplete | 0.0 |
P | Passing | 0.0 |
W | Withdrew Officially | 0.0 |
NR | No Record | 0.0 |
N | No Credit/Unofficial Withdrawal | 0.0 |
R | Registered Auditor | 0.0 |
S | Satisfactory | 0.0 |
UE | Unable to Evaluate (Mid-term grade only) | 0.0 |
U | Unsatisfactory Progress | Excluded from GPA |
V | Grades preceded with V are not included in GPA or totals for attempted, passed orcompleted credits | Excluded from GPA |
* | Grades followed by an (*) are excluded from GPA, but the credits are counted towards the summary of totals for passed and completed credits | Excluded from GPA |
AUD | Auditor Status | Excluded from GPA |
Special Designator: *** |
Coursework in progress/ No Grade Reported |
0.0 |
Current and Cumulative Statistics
AHRS | Attempted Hours |
EHRS | Earned Hours |
QHRS | Quality Hours |
QPTS | Quality Points |
Grading Policies
All final grades are due to the Office of the Registrar 72 hours after the scheduled final exam date.
If you receive an incomplete (I) grade in a course, it will lapse to a failing (F) grade based on the lapsing rule of the school you took the course through.
Blank and No Record (NR) Grades
You may receive a blank grade if your instructor or authorized school administrator does not enter your course grade within 30 days from the grade due deadline. If this happens you will see a No Record or NR on your transcript.
NR grades can be changed by instructors or authorized administrators using the standard grade change process in NYU Albert at a later date.
If you receive an NR grade:
- Your course will not count toward earned credit or factor into your GPA.
- Your course will count as credits attempted and impact academic progress evaluations used for financial aid eligibility.
- You cannot graduate with an NR grade on your record without a formal documented exception approved by the academic Dean.
Repeated Courses
Repeated courses are also reflected on your transcript according to the rules of your home school:
- Abu Dhabi
- CAS
- College of Global Public Health
- Gallatin (undergraduate)
- Gallatin (graduate)
- GSAS
- Liberal Studies
- Nursing (undergraduate)
- Nursing (graduate)
- Shanghai
- Social Work
- Steinhardt
- Stern (undergraduate)
- Stern (graduate)
- SPS (undergraduate)
- SPS (graduate)
- Tandon
- Tisch
- Wagner