Professors seldom give grades on the highest and lowest limits of the scale. Most schools give from 0 to 10 for work which is considered unsatisfactory. Grades 11 and above are given for work considered satisfactory. Only in 1994-95 have some Peruvian universities begun to use high school grades as criteria for admittance. Scores obtained in the entrance examination or preparatory academy of each Peruvian university have previously been the only factors used in assessment with the exception of students with General Excellence Prizes throughout secondary school who are exonerated from entrance exams.
Grades are usually lower in science courses.
Grades 17 and above in any course are indicative of outstanding work. Secondary schools will provide certificates of rank in class for their students.