<P> Though described above, grades below a 3 are rarely dispensed in practice . </P> <P> Phillips Exeter Academy and a few other high schools in the United States use an eleven - point system . Numerical values are applied to grades as follows: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> A = 11 </Li> <Li> A − = 10 </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> B+ = 9 </Li> <Li> B = 8 </Li> <Li> B − = 7 </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> C+ = 6 </Li> <Li> C = 5 </Li> <Li> C − = 4 </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> D+ = 3 </Li> <Li> D = 2 </Li> <Li> D − = 1 </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> E = 0 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> A = 11 </Li> <Li> A − = 10 </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> B+ = 9 </Li> <Li> B = 8 </Li> <Li> B − = 7 </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> C+ = 6 </Li> <Li> C = 5 </Li> <Li> C − = 4 </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> D+ = 3 </Li> <Li> D = 2 </Li> <Li> D − = 1 </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> E = 0 </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr>

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