<p>Do professors give out A+'s or is that rare?</p>
<p>Depends on the school. Not every school has A+'s as part of their grading policy. Does your school give a grade of A+ as part of their grading (at the end of the day, this is all that is going to matter).</p>
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<p>Even at some colleges that award A+'s, not all professors at that college do so. (One prof, for example, said that he doesn’t do A+'s, but then he also does not award A-'s. So, depending on where your numbers end up, it could be a positive or a negative. :)</p>
<p>All last semester I thought I wanted to go to law school (until I figured out what a bad idea that was), and I convinced a couple of my professors to give me A+'s when they don’t normally award them. I had 99%+ in those classes, and I just sent a couple carefully worded emails explaining what A+'s meant for law school admissions. Doesn’t hurt to ask, all they can do is say no.</p>
<p>Well, you’d have to distinguish yourself and beat your classmates by far.</p>
<p>Try Chemistry, Physics, Economics, and Math, disciplines where you receive numerical and relative assessments.</p>
<p>I think it could hurt even if you get the A+ because if you ask those profs for letters of recommendation, they could portray you as a grade-grubber. </p>
<p>Better to do your best work and let the grades come out as they may.</p>
<p>“Try Chemistry, Physics, Economics, and Math, disciplines where you receive numerical and relative assessments.”</p>
<p>Except, of course, those classes are often much stingier about any type of A grade.</p>