It has the advantages of being precise and having a simple method of calculating GPA (a simple/weighted average of grades).
In most universities[citation needed][dubious – discuss] and colleges, any grade below 60 is considered as failure.
The Israeli education system rarely employs curved grading at any stage (including at the academic level).
To compensate for this, most academic institutions require that candidates undergo the Psychometric Entrance Test, which in Israel provides examinees with an overall score of 200–800, the average being 535.
In most Israeli universities' and colleges' law faculties, the average grade is "normalized" to around 75 (i.e., 75/100 or B+ on a lettered GPA scale).