Trent GPA scale
Trent University records percentages, not grade points. The letters below are the bands its calendar draws on those percentages — an A starts at 90% — with the passing grade and how the average is computed.
This is the scale you are graded on once you arrive. It is not the average you are admitted on — Ontario universities admit on your Grade 12 percentage average, and Trent’s admission requirements are on their own page.
100%
top of the scale
%
recorded as percentages
13
letter bands
The scale, as the registrar prints it
From Office of the Registrar — Transcript Legend (scale effective Summer Session 1982; key updated April 2020), read 2026-08-22. The source.
| Letter | Percentage | Note |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 90–100 | |
| A | 85–89 | |
| A− | 80–84 | |
| B+ | 77–79 | |
| B | 73–76 | |
| B− | 70–72 | |
| C+ | 67–69 | |
| C | 63–66 | |
| C− | 60–62 | |
| D+ | 57–59 | |
| D | 53–56 | |
| D− | 50–52 | |
| F | FAIL | “Failing grades which do not show a numerical equivalent are assumed to be the value of zero.” |
What passes at Trent
D− (50–52) is the lowest letter with a percentage; F is recorded as FAIL.
How Trent computes your average
“Courses at Trent University are graded on a percentage scale, except for courses taken under a pass/fail option. Averages are calculated using the percentage grade assigned to the student for each course.” “Standings in courses are shown by letter grades and numerical marks.”
Worth knowing before first year
- Trent's letter bands have been the same since Summer 1982; the transcript shows both the letter and the mark.
- The BEd uses its own scale — A+ to B− only, and F for anything from 60 to 69.
The same mark at other campuses
Where a 95, 85, 78, 72, 65 lands at Trent and at the other universities that publish percentage bands. Useful when comparing scholarship-renewal or program-entry thresholds written in different currencies.
| Campus | 95% | 85% | 78% | 72% | 65% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trentpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| McMaster12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| Queen's4.3 | A+ · 4.3 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| U of T (St. George)4.0 | A+ · 4.0 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| Westernpercentage | A+ | A | B | B | C |
| Carleton12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| Ottawa10-point | A+ · 10 | A · 9 | B+ · 7 | B · 6 | C+ · 5 |
| Laurier (Waterloo)12-point | A+ · 12 | A · 11 | B+ · 9 | B− · 7 | C · 5 |
| TMU4.33 | A+ · 4.33 | A · 4.00 | B+ · 3.33 | B− · 2.67 | C · 2.00 |
| Guelphpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| Guelph-Humberpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| York9-point | A+ · 9 | A · 8 | B+ · 7 | B · 6 | C+ · 5 |
| Brockpercentage | A | A | B | B | C |
| Windsorpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| Lakeheadpercentage | A+ | A | B | B | C |
| Laurentian10-point | A+ · 10 | A · 9 | B+ · 7 | B · 6 | C+ · 5 |
| Ontario Tech4.3 | A+ · 4.3 | A · 4.0 | B+ · 3.3 | B− · 2.7 | C · 2.0 |
| Nipissingpercentage | A | A | B | B | C |
| Algomapercentage | A+ | A− | B+ | B− | C |
| OCADpercentage | A+ | A | B+ | B− | C |
| RMCpercentage | A+ | A− | B+ | B− | C |
Waterloo is not in the table: it has no letters, so a 78 is a 78.