about GPA in US

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Just curious =P </p>

<p>In US, if you get like over 93 or w/e, you get an A, and thats like a perfect mark, right (in terms of GPA)? Does that mean that it doesn't really matter at all whether you get 100% or 93% in a class? Cuz thats a big difference, and in Canada, we actually use the percentage system rather than GPA. </p>

<p>So.........like for an example...</p>

<p>There is one student, who got like 93% in all his courses, so he has like a 4.0 GPA. But then there is another student, who got 100% in all his courses but one, which made his GPA like 3.9 or w/e. Then the student with 4.0 GPA has a higher ranking than the other one, although his actual marks in almost all of his classes were a lot lower than the other one? If that is true, the system really doesn't make sense to me at all =P=P</p>

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<p>Not all US schools do it like that, but mine does. As I usually fall somewhere around the 93 mark, I like it just fine.</p>

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<p>Yes, but 98+ is marked as an A+. Although this doesn't give a GPA boost, it does give the student credit and adcoms will recognize it.</p>

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<p>Hmm. At my school, we don't have + or -. Just A or B. To each school their own.</p>

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<p>My (US) school also uses the percentage grading scale, but most other schools here seem to use letter grades.</p>

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<p>Princeton Review has a good GPA calculator. I think 94-100 is considered 4.0.</p>