33eba3d2_FYE__High_School_vs_College__College
[0] Grades [High School] Grades are given for most assigned work. Consistently good homework grades may raise your overall grade when test grades are low. Extra credit projects are often available to help you raise your grade. Initial test grades, especially when they are low, may not have an adverse effect on your final grade. You may graduate as long as you have passed all required courses with a grade of D or higher. Guiding Principle: Effort counts. Courses are usually structured to reward a “good-faith effort.” [College] 
Grades may not be provided for all assigned work. Grades on tests and major papers usually provide most of the course grade. Extra credit projects, generally speaking, cannot be used to raise a grade in a college course. Watch out for your first tests. These are usually "wake-up calls" to let you know what is expected - but they also may account for a substantial part of your course grade. You may graduate only if your cumulative college-level course work GPA is a 2.0 or higher. Guiding Principle: Results count. Though "good faith effort" is important in regard to the instructor's willingness to help you achieve good results, in the grading process, it will not substitute for results.
FYE: High School vs College
College