<p>At my school you're not even assigned a Guidance Counselor until 11th grade. . . .</p>
<p>I do believe that this is exactly the reason that SAT II scores are required and that AP scores though most won't admit it, do matter. It gives the admins a way to "quantify" your 4.0. Again- a 4.00 with a 1600 SAT, and low SAT II's and 3's on their AP's just aren't going to add up at selective schools. At least that's my thought process. I think that is why they say that they have to look at the whole picture. Some schools have 30 validictorians which suddenly explains why so many top schools reject so many validictorians. If your GPA, scores and AP's all coincide then you're fine.</p>
<p>at my school</p>
<p>90 A-
93 A
97 A+</p>
<p>So you can really set yourself apart from your peers by getting A+'s</p>
<p>Do colleges look at A+'s? A couple of my classes give them, but most don't, so it seems kind of unfair that if they did they would count grades that are A+ worthy (i.e. over 100%) as A's and hold it against me. I kind of thought a lot of schools were like mine so colleges don't really count A+'s but I'd like to know.</p>
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In my son's AP physics class a 65% is an A, and I think 80% is an A in AP chem. It isn't that they have grade inflation, they just make the tests super difficult to get the kids ready for the AP tests.
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getting ready for the AP tests? the AP tests aren't very hard in the first place, so 65% being an A sounds a bit excessive.</p>
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my school has 100% pass rate on ap chem and our grading scale is 95-100 A so actually ya i think that is grade inflation.
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my school has like 90% of the ppl taking the class get a 5 on every AP exam, not to mention 100% pass rate on EVERY AP class, and our scale is 93-100.</p>
<p>they do from my school. UPenn is really close by and the adcoms know that an A- is easy to get but an A+ signifies a high level of achievement. the A- kids often get rejected from there while A/A+ kids get in.</p>
<p>At my school 86-100 is an A (granted I'm from Canada).... I've never heard of anyone who's gotten an average above 95 at my school.... they're not gonna evaluate me on the same grade scale as you guys right?? Cause that would mean it's basically not possible to get a 4.0?? uhoh...</p>
<p>^ no, A- to A+ is from 80-100 in Canada.</p>
<p>Again, the only thing that will show up on your transcript is your letter grade if that is how your school grades. No percentage score will appear. The admissions office has no idea if that A is at the lower end or higher end of the scale. They only know that you earned what your school says is an A. The high school may tell the college what grading scale is used, but the college doesn't know where your grades fall on that scale. That is why colleges want your class rank. This way they can evaluate you within the context of your high school.</p>
<p>@ aisgzdavinci.... not in BC.... at least as far as I've encountered. But Ontario yes.</p>