Proofreading Grading Update

The grading criteria for proofreading files has been relaxed. The following was the old criteria:

Grade Majors
Low Medium High
Rejected 6 or more 12 or more 24 or more
Poor (D/1) 5 10 – 11 20 – 23
Bad (C/2) 4 8 – 9 15 – 19
Average (B/3) 3 5 – 7 10 – 14
Good (A/4) 2 3 – 4 5 – 9
Excellent (A+/5) 0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 4
The new criteria is as follows:
Grade Majors
Low Medium High
Rejected 9 or more 18 or more 36 or more
Poor (D/1) 8 15 – 17 29 – 35
Bad (C/2) 6 – 7 11 – 14 22 – 28
Average (B/3) 4 – 5 8 – 10 15 – 21
Good (A/4) 2 – 3 4 – 7 8 – 14
Excellent (A+/5) 0 – 1 0 – 3 0 – 7

This update will be applicable retroactively. You can dispute your older files to get the grades updated.

One Comment

  • Maria de Wet says:

    This may be an extremely stupid question but I’m not sure how to dispute on the grounds of the relaxed criteria. I mean where do I go? I can’t dispute any of the mistakes I made, so which “box do I tick?”

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