<p>How do colleges look at A-'s as opposed to A's? I'm in the IB diploma program, and because all of the classes require so much work I have to balance them, and hence I'm not getting the high A's I used to (freshman sophomore years). I have 5 A-'s this year that are all right around 92.1-92.4 (92.5 is an A). Is this going to be a big negative when applying to colleges?</p>
<p>Honestly, I doubt it. A lot of schools don't even put +/- on the transcript. It will of course, affect your class rank.</p>
<p>which colleges care about As and A-s?</p>
<p>Honestly thats the best thing I could have possibly heard... My school doesn't use class rank anymore and only recognizes weighted GPA. Also I have the same question as grade inflation- which colleges do care? I'm applying to st olaf, denver, colorado college, michigan, wisconsin, boston college, loyola college and maybe 1 lower ivy?</p>
<p>I've heard that Cornell takes into account +/- while Stanford doesn't- so obviously, top colleges differ. Perhaps, the ivies do? I don't know. This is a good question though so BUMP!</p>
<p>That's a good question...but I don't have a clue</p>
<p>so...I'm bumping it...</p>
<p>I still think its a good question...so I'm bumping it again</p>
<p>you ONLY got an A- hahaha inferior!</p>
<p>come one, don't you have better things to worry about.</p>
<p>^ agree. this is why cc kids get a bad reputation.</p>
<p>hey, saying "don't u have better things to do" isn't going to make us feel better about A-s.</p>
<p>actually if you look i said "better things to worry about." i'm sure you have a plethora (yeah look that one up, you need at least a solid A to understand that one) of exceptional ECs to devote all of your blessed time and energy into.
however, maybe you should worry a little bit more about that girl 2 rows in front of you (you know with the hair... yeah thats the one). you are in high school. you have good grades. you will not be stoned (the one with the actual rocks, not the thing the kids 2 rows behind you do) because you got an A-.</p>
<p>wow that post was very confusing but i think i know what you're trying to say lol =P</p>
<p>Well, it won't look bad because you still have a 4.0, but your rank won't be as high.</p>
<p>An A- tends to be correspond to a 3.67, not a 4.0.</p>
<p>I think then rather than discussing hypothetical goods and bads of A-'s versus regular A's, the more compelling, concrete question to ask is what colleges actually matriculate the - and/or +'s into their gpa system.</p>
<p>We've already established that Cornell does so.</p>
<p>What other colleges?</p>
<p>This would give us a more tangible feed on the issue of -'s rather than personal opinions and the like.</p>
<p>UCs don't.</p>
<p>Neither does UMich.</p>
<p>Thank you for redirecting my question.</p>
<p>an A- is hardly different than an A. i mean its still better to get an A than an A- because its a bit higher, but don't freak out if you get a couple A-'s. really its not the end of the world...</p>
<p>i believe all Ivies do take into account +/-s</p>