The "Academic Effort" grades earned by students also contribute to the House points tally.

Students either fail or pass and if University is in the future one test will determine their ability and the grades earned throughout HS.

Arturo Sandoval, a 15-year-old whose good grades earned him a ticket from his parents, said he was hooked.

James had much more success playing at Dartmouth, having used his basketball skills and good grades to earn a scholarship.

All grades earned abroad are converted into Penn grades and are factored into a student's grade point average.

On graduation all students receive a transcript detailing the award, each module passed and the grade earned.

Good grades had earned her mother's promise to buy her a new model that was supposed to go on sale in a matter of days.

Her grades earned her two Academic All-American honors while at the College as well as an induction into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

The college changed its rules two years ago and it no longer lists grades earned elsewhere on transcripts.