Appendix D
Grades on the Intermediate and Diploma Exams

Grades on the Intermediate Examinations

The scale is from 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest).

Subject Einstein Marić
1898 1899
Differential & Integral Calculus 5.5 5
Analytic Geometry 6 5
Descriptive Geometry & Geometry of Position 5.5 4.75
Mechanics 6 5
Physics 5.5 5.5
 Average Grade 5.7 5.05

Sources: For Marić, Zimmermann 1988a, 63; for Einstein, CPAE 1, doc. 42.

Grades on the Final Diploma Examinations

Grades range from 1 to 6 (highest), but they are weighted. Grades doubled for theoretical physics, practical physics, and theory of functions. Grade for thesis is quadrupled, and astronomy is left as is. The average is total points divided by 11.

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Sources: CPAE 1, doc. 67; and Minkowski 1901 (see document list in bibliography).