Latvian grading system
In Latvia, school and university grades run from 10 (best) to 1, and 4 is the lowest pass.
Example · Weighted average of 3 courses
Between 9 and 10
teicami (excellent) or izcili (outstanding): your school’s or university’s rules decide which grade goes on your record. 4 is the lowest pass.
3 courses, weights adding up to 15.
School and university grades: 10 to 1
Schools and universities. Some universities set the lowest pass at 5 instead of 4.
| Grade | On the transcript | Meaning | Pass? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | izcili | outstanding | Pass |
| 9 | teicami | excellent | Pass |
| 8 | ļoti labi | very good | Pass |
| 7 | labi | good | Pass |
| 6 | gandrīz labi | almost good | Pass |
| 5 | viduvēji | satisfactory | Pass |
| 4 | gandrīz viduvēji | almost satisfactory | Pass |
| 3 | vāji | poor | Fail |
| 2 | ļoti vāji | very poor | Fail |
| 1 | ļoti, ļoti vāji | very, very poor | Fail |
Latvian grades and a US GPA
This page gives no US equivalents for Latvian 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 Latvia
- A 10 is kept for exceptional achievement, so 9 is the usual top grade.
- When no work is handed in, the record shows nv (nav vērtējuma, no assessment) instead of a grade; a 0 was used in the past.
- The marks needed for each grade differ between schools and universities, so the percentage behind a grade depends on where it was given.