Grading & Credit
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Class-Specific Grading PoliciesIn each year, you will have different grading policies, beginning with a special grading system for all of your subjects as a freshman, to options for selected subjects in your upperclass years. Freshman GradingAs a freshman you are graded Pass/No Record for your first semester and IAP, and ABC/No Record for your second semester. The “No Record” grades of D and F are recorded on your grade report, displayed in WebSIS, but are not available on your transcript. For your first semester and IAP, A, B, and C grades will be recorded as P’s both on your grade report and your transcript. Your advisor will provide you with a paper report of your A-F hidden grades for first semester and IAP. No MIT office or individual should provide these hidden grades directly to a graduate school, company, or any other third party. The one exception is for those applying to medical school. Read more about hidden grades in the Academic Guide. Second semester grades will not be printed for you, they are only available on WebSIS. In the freshman year, there is also an early alert system, called the Fifth Week Flag. If you are performing at a D or F level into the fifth week of the semester, your instructor will notify you that you are at risk of not passing, that the two of you should meet and that you should also meet with your advisor. Flags do not become part of your permanent record in WebSIS. Read more:
Sophomore Exploratory SubjectsAs a sophomore you may opt to take one subject per semester as Exploratory, which permits you to change the status of the subject to Listener after the end of the term through Registration Day of the next term. This allows you essentially to drop the subject after you get the grade. You may take any subject, even a requirement, as an Exploratory subject. You must designate the subject as Exploratory by Add Date. Exploratory subjects provide an opportunity for you to take a subject in a new area or tackle one that is difficult for you without penalty for a low grade. Exploratory subjects are an experiment authorized by the Committee on the Undergraduate Program through the academic year 2007-2008. Read more in:
Junior-Senior P/D/F SubjectsAs a junior and senior you can designate up to two subjects to be graded on a P/D/F basis. These subjects count as electives, and you can use them to stretch yourself and take something outside your field. However, you cannot use these subjects to satisfy requirements—for a GIR, your major, or a minor. You may use your P/D/F options in either semester or IAP, and you may use them in the same term or in separate terms. Keep in mind that P grades are not counted in your GPA, but D and F grades are. The deadline for designating a subject as one of your Junior-Senior P/D/F subjects is the term's Add Date. Read more in:
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