What you need to know

The Registrar’s Office records your grades, distributes them to departments and other institutions, and enforces and interprets Institute grading policies. Instructors report grades to us at the end of each term for all subjects, including UROP and thesis, through the Online Grading System. 

Your grade report is an internal record accessible on WebSIS to you, your advisor, and administrators in your academic department. There are significant differences between your grade report and transcript. For example, grade reports include plus and minus modifiers and academic warnings that do not appear on official transcripts. 

Faculty Committees use summary reports in end-of-term reviews of your academic performance. The Committee on Academic Performance (CAP) reviews undergraduate grades and the Graduate Academic Performance Group (GAPG) reviews graduate students’ grades.

Some key points to remember:

What's on my grade report?

The following pieces of information appear on your grade report, but not on your transcript:

  • plus and minus (+/-) grade modifiers
  • subjects dropped after the fifth week of the term (Add Date)
  • subjects taken as a Listener
  • subjects taken as a first-year student with non-passing grades (FN, DN, ON, OXN)
  • subjects with non-passing grades that have been converted to P/NR grading
  • your term GPA
  • academic warnings, required withdrawals, and refusals of further registration
  • undergraduate minors being pursued but not yet awarded
  • your degree audit