Can my school do this?

Applying to College
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<p>Okay my school is wierd. It is a pretty large catholic private school, 150 kids per grade.</p>

<p>Ok heres the thing. My school does not calculate my numerical average or even know it. They do letter grades, which I am sure many high schools do. Bu my school does not use minuses. Yes you heard it. An 80 is a B, and 85 is a B+, a 90 is an A and 95 A+. </p>

<p>*** is this? I have seen the transcripts too, no minuses! isnt this giving the kids an unfair advantage? Or do other schools do this?</p>

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<p>Lots of schools do this.</p>

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<p>I just read your whole post, so let me add on. </p>

<p>Your grading system is easier than any I've seen. A lot of schools don't use + or -, but your system isn't bad at all. </p>

<p>This is the standard:
94-100: A (some schools have 97-100 as A+)
90-93: A-
87-89: B+
84-86: B
80-83: B-
etc.</p>

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<p>Yes but say I get an 80 in a class. My gpa shows it as a 3.0 instead of a 2.5. If a school used minuses I would get a 2.5, a HUGE difference. See where I'm comming from?</p>

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<p>Yeah.. so your GPA is higher than it would be otherwise. I don't see the problem.</p>

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<p>hahaha jmcatch is way too honest for his own good</p>

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<p>Oh. Wow. Yeah, kid, just let it go. Some schools have inherent advatages, and apparently your school is one of them. Anyway, GCs send school reports to colleges. They generally include how grades are calculated, as well as average SAT scores, % of graduates going to four year colleges, etc.</p>

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<p>My S's public school did it the exact same way. I think that when school's send the transcript, they send their grading scales along with it, anyway. So actually you probably don't have an unfair advantage.</p>