What you need to know

The chart below outlines how Harvard grades are translated into MIT grades. Please note that the plus and minus modifiers from Harvard are recorded on your internal MIT grade report, but will not appear on your MIT transcript.

Harvard School
MIT A
MIT B
MIT C
MIT D
MIT P
MIT F
MIT I
MIT O
Arts and Sciences

A, A-

B, B+, B-

C, C+, C-

D, D+, D-

Sat

E, Uns, NCR

Inc

ABS
Kennedy

A, A-

B, B+, B-

C, C+, C-

D, D+, D-

Sat

E, Uns

Inc, IP

ABS
Education

A, A-

B, B+, B-

C, C+, C-

D, D+, D-

Sat

E, NCR

Inc, INP

 
Divinity

A, A-

B, B+, B-

C, C+, C-

D, D+, D-

Sat

E, Uns

Inc

 
Public Health

A, A-

B, B+, B-

C, C+, C-

D, D+, D-

P

F

Inc

 
Law

H

 

 

 

P, LP, Cr

F

IP, EXT

 
Business

I

 

 

 

II, III

IV

Inc

 
Design

A, A-, DIS

B, B+, B-

C, C+, C-

D, D+, D-

HP, P, LP

F

Inc

 
Medical, Dental

 

 

 

 

S/Sat

 

 

 

Key

Sat, Uns

Satisfactory, Unsatisfactory

Cr, NCR

Credit, No Credit

INP

Permanent Incomplete

IP

In Progress

EXT

Extension

ABS

Absent from regularly scheduled midyear and final examination

H (Law)

Honors

DIS (Design)

Distinction

HP, P, LP

High Pass, Pass, Low Pass

I (Business)

Top 15-25%

II (Business)

Next 65-75%

III (Business)

Lowest 10% (including category IV)

IV (Business)

Failure to meet minimum standards (used infrequently)