<p>I heard from a friend that if you get an A- or an B+, med schools would count both as an A and a B respectively. Is this true - do med schools disregard - and + in GPA calculations?</p>
<p>No. This is not true.</p>
<p>A+ = 4.0
A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C- = 1.7
D+ = 1.3
D = 1.0
D- = 0.7
F = 0.0</p>
<p>Of course some schools use odd grading policies, and then AMCAS does whatever it pleases to your transcript.</p>
<p>For the TMDSAS(the separate Texas medical school application process) your statment is true: an A- is an A and a B+ is a B in their calculations. Although, theoretically, you would think that it makes a big difference, I found the GPA's to work out to be nearly the same. I suppose there might be two kids out there where one got a 90 in every course(all A-'s) who would get a 4.0 on the TMDSAS application and another kid who got an 89 in every course(all B+'s) who would end up with a 3.0 by this method, but I bet it is rare. AMCAS is as BDM says.</p>
<p>hmm that sucks, i'm fairly lucky and my school has no +/- system, at least not yet. they are trying to implement one for maybe this year's freshman but i'm in the clear. on one hand it's nice counting an A- as a 4.0 but on the other hand it sucks when you just miss the A with an 89% and have it count equal to someone with an 80% in the end. the fact it can both help BUT also hurt you is probably why in the end the GPA ends being similar to a GPA using the +/- system.</p>