Brazilian Grade to US Letter Conversion

US letter grades and GPA: scale and example

On the standard US scale, a percentage score (0–100) lands in a letter grade: A 93–100, A- 90–92, B+ 87–89, B 83–86, B- 80–82, C+ 77–79, C 73–76, C- 70–72, D 60–69, F below 60. Each letter then carries a grade point on the 4.0 GPA: A=4.0, B=3.0, C=2.0, D=1.0, F=0.0. A plus or minus shifts the value by 0.3, though A+ is usually held at 4.0. Example: a Brazilian student sitting at 8.5 (out of 10) scales to 85%, which is letter B, so GPA 3.0.

Applications

US university admissions: undergraduate and graduate programs report GPA on a 4.0 scale, so a foreign applicant has to convert the transcript first. BR-to-US conversion: the usual move is to multiply the Brazilian CR (0–10) by 10 to get a percentage, then read off the letter. Exchange programs: ISEP, Fulbright, CAPES-PrInt and the like ask for a GPA equivalence when they screen candidates. Internal use: a handful of Brazilian schools and bilingual institutions just run the US scale directly.

FAQ

Is there a single official conversion? No. WES (World Education Services) has its own table, and so does each university. The scale shown here is just the most widely accepted reference.

What about weighted GPA? US high schools tend to bump up the GPA for AP/honors classes (A in AP = 5.0). At college level it is usually unweighted.

Is D a passing grade? At many institutions, technically yes. But most graduate programs want a C or higher in the courses that matter for your major.