# Beeminder tracking my grades

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminder-tracking-my-grades/9851>\
**Category:** Newbee\
**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminder-tracking-my-grades/9851 "2021-11-17T15:12:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![akirato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@akirato](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/akirato)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminder-tracking-my-grades/9851/1 "2021-11-17T15:12:41Z")

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Is it possible to make beeminder keep track of my grades and I get penalised if I get a lower grade than my goal?

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**Author:** ![shanaqui](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/shanaqui/32/3513_2.png) [@shanaqui](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/shanaqui)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminder-tracking-my-grades/9851/2 "2021-11-17T15:29:31Z")

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Hi! That’s a really interesting use-case. It’s not a standard way to use a goal, but in theory, a weight-gain goal should do that, I think… 🤔 Obviously we wouldn’t be able to automatically track it, though – you’d need to enter your grades yourself.

I wonder if anyone else has any thoughts on how they’d set this kind of thing up?

By the way, if you’re interested in studying goals, I recently wrote about my “secrets” on the blog: [Nicky’s Secret To Beeminding Studying: It’s About Time | Beeminder Blog](https://blog.beeminder.com/study/)

It’s not as direct as beeminding your grades, and instead it’s all about controlling the inputs and ensuring you’re putting in enough time. I think I generally prefer that idea, because it rewards/punishes making progress over a shorter timescale than monitoring grades (I only get actual grades once a year, though).