| Making The Grade | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Diffuser |
| Cover: | Making_The_Grade.jpg |
| Released: | July 15, 2003 |
| Recorded: | September/October 2002 |
| Genre: | Pop punk |
| Length: | 41:00 |
| Label: | Hollywood Records |
| Producer: | Mark Trombino |
| Prev Title: | Injury Loves Melody |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Sincerely, Wasting Away |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
Making The Grade is Diffuser's second album. It featured the band moving away from the hard rock style on "Injury Loves Melody" to more of a pop punk style similar to Sum 41. The songs "I Wonder" and "Get It On" were used in the 2003 movie Freaky Friday. The song "Get It On" and "New High" also appeared on the soundtracks for the Outlaw Volleyball and NHL Hitz Pro video games, respectively.
It was produced by Mark Trombino, who has worked with bands such as blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, Sugarcult, and Finch.
Diffuser uses Mesa Boogie amps, Fender basses, Gibson guitars, Ernie Ball strings, Taylor acoustics, Pork Pie drums, Ampeg bass amps, and Bogner amps.