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Discontinued Grades & Grade Symbols

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 

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 

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 

Good. (At LaGuardia Community College only) 

3.00 

09/1976 

Honors. (Used only at Richmond College and only for students who began in Spring 1975 or earlier.) 

4.00 

09/1976 

Failure for non-academic reasons. 

0.00 

09/1976 

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 

Non-punitive failure 

09/1976 

No grade submitted by the instructor – a temporary grade which is assigned by the registrar pending receipt of the final grade from the instructor 

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