Discontinued Grades & Grade Symbols
The following symbols have been implemented as prefixes to grades in the student system to identify repeated courses including the application of the F grade repeat policy and Board approved variance, as well as to indicate a grade’s impact on GPA and credit accumulation. CUNYfirst College have retired the use of these prefixes as they went live in CUNYfirst. Converted records will continue to display with the legacy prefix designation in CUNYfirst.
Prefix | Explanation |
& | Repeated course which counts in the GPA but does not count in credits completed |
* | Course does not count in the GPA and does not count in credits completed |
# | Replacement grade, F grade policy, does not count in cumulative GPA |
@ | Repeat F grade policy, does not count in GPA, does count in credits completed |
The following grades are no longer in use and have been removed from the legend of grade symbols. Colleges may not use any symbol which is no longer in use and therefore not included in the glossary. Values have been defined in this document for historical purposes of computation on existing transcripts.
Grade | Explanation | Quality Points | Effective Date |
* | Current course registration/course in progress | - | 04/1980 |
ABS | Absent from the final; make-up exam permitted. | - | 09/2008 |
E | Excellent. (At LaGuardia Community College only) | 4.00 | 09/1976 |
FAB | F from absent –used when the ABS grade reverts to an F grade. | 0.00 | 09/2008 |
FPN | F from pending –used when the PEN grade reverts to an F grade. | 0.00 | 09/2008 |
G | Good. (At LaGuardia Community College only) | 3.00 | 09/1976 |
H | Honors. (Used only at Richmond College and only for students who began in Spring 1975 or earlier.) | 4.00 | 09/1976 |
J | Failure for non-academic reasons. | 0.00 | 09/1976 |
K | Condition course completed. (This is not a grade.) | - | 09/1976 |
NF | Failure in a non-academic course. (At York College only) | 0.00 | 09/1976 |
WF | Withdrew Failing. Student participated in an academically related activity at least once | 0.00 | 01/2015 |
WP | Withdrew passing. | - | 09/1976 |
X | Non-punitive failure | - | 09/1976 |
Z | No grade submitted by the instructor – a temporary grade which is assigned by the registrar pending receipt of the final grade from the instructor | - | 05/2018 |
The complete memorandum for the CUNY Uniform Grade Glossary, Policies, and Guidelines may be found here.