| 87 or so |
| 88 or 89 |
| High mark |
| 89%, e.g. |
| Good grade |
| Pretty good |
| Almost an A |
| Rather good |
| Solid grade |
| Good average |
| Highish grade |
| Just below 90 |
| Mark for an 88 |
| High-80s grade |
| Very good grade |
| In the high 80s |
| It's close to 90 |
| Nearly excellent |
| Pretty good grade |
| 3.3, give or take |
| High 80s, roughly |
| Mark just below 90 |
| Above average grade |
| Nearly "A" material |
| 89 or so, grade-wise |
| Almost excellent grade |
| Grade just under an "A |
| Nearly excellent grade |
| It's well above average |
| Pretty good for a grade |
| Summa cum laude spoiler |
| College-transcript entry |
| Grade just short of an A |
| Straight-A student's bane |
| It's usually in the upper 80s |
| Blemish for a straight-A student |
| Great grade for an assignment you crammed for |
| Letter grade equivalent to the high 80s: 2 wds. |