<p>Sorry if this has been asked before, but can someone please explain to me how Cornell's 4.3 GPA system works in terms of getting into graduate school? Do they just treat any A+ grades as A's when it comes time to compare students from different undergraduate universities? Do I have any reason to work really hard for those A-pluses? And if not...why does Cornell even bother with 4.3 GPA scale - does it have any practical advantages? Thanks.</p>
<p>When it comes to medical school admissions, and A+ is counted an as A in the GPA calculation. With other graduate programs, I’m not sure how an A+ is calculated.</p>
<p>pretty sure law school is also 4.3 = 4. but hey it looks better on your resume if you are applying for internships.</p>
<p>It is not consistent among all medical school. Some medical school committees do treat A+ as A+. Go to pre-med HCEC session to find out.</p>
<p>When I was talking about med school calculations, I was referring to the way AMCAS calculates.</p>
<p>law school counts A+s and I think grad schools do too…maybe you will be lucky like me to actually get A+s ;)</p>