Letters: 10-point grade scale levels playing field for SC students

The purpose of changing our state’s grading scale is to allow our high school graduates to be compared to other students across the country on the same scale when they are applying for college entrance and/or scholarships.

If your average was 92.9 in South Carolina, you would have a B under our current grading scale. That same 92.9 average would earn you an A in other states. Colleges look at the A’s and B’s on student transcripts; they do not recalibrate the grade.

Many scholarships also require a B average. Currently, an S.C. student with an 84 could not apply for those scholarships, while a student from another state with an 80 could apply. Why continue to put our students at a disadvantage against students from other states? It just doesn't make sense.