Afghan grading system
In Afghanistan, university marks run from 100 (best) to 0, and 55 is the lowest pass. School marks: 0 to 100, lowest pass 40.
Example · Credit-weighted average of 3 courses
Pass
A pass. 55 is the lowest pass.
3 courses, 15 credits. Your institution’s own rules on rounding or cutting off decimals decide the grade on your record.
University marks: 0 to 100
Courses at Afghan universities.
| Grade | Meaning | Pass? |
|---|---|---|
| 55–100 | pass | Pass |
| 0–54 | fail | Fail |
School marks: 0 to 100
Afghan schools.
| Grade | Meaning | Pass? |
|---|---|---|
| 40–100 | pass | Pass |
| 0–39 | fail | Fail |
Afghan grades and a US GPA
This page gives no US equivalents for Afghan grades: we found no table for them on Wikipedia or from an official source, and we do not make one up. A US university reads a foreign transcript itself or through the credential evaluation service it names, and its conversion is the one that counts.
Send your grades as they are, with the scale above. When a form asks for your average, give it on your own scale and say which scale it is: the converter’s average does exactly that, weighted by credits when you enter them.
What to know about grades in Afghanistan
- The university pass mark rose from 50 to 55 in 2016.
- What counts as a good mark depends on the school and the year of study, but 75 or more usually does.
Sources: Wikipedia, Grading systems by country: Afghanistan.