<p>Someone asked me if I got all A's the other day, and I said "Well, I got all A's except for one A-" and they looked at me like I was crazy. Do you usually just say "Yes, all A's" even if you get an A- or two?</p>
<p>I cant say I've had to worry about that</p>
<p>No. At most schools, including mine, an A- is a 3.7, not a 4.0. There is special designation for students who get 4.0's for the semester, but not those who get A-'s. A-'s are still very good grades, mind you, but they are not, strictly speaking, A's.</p>
<p>I'm going to have to disagree. An A is an A, A+ A or A-, all are A's. (I mean, the A is in it, right?)</p>
<p>i don't think they looked at you like you were crazy because you didn't consider the A- an A. Rather it's probably the fact that you essentially aced all your classes that probably left them thinking, 'man, this kid must be crazy smart'. i've had that reaction when my friend tells me his grades and the workload he has. i don't know how he does it and i don't know how other people do it.</p>
<p>you can say whatever you want</p>
<p>In 4 years of school not one of my peers ever asked me about my grades...</p>
<p>Why is an A- less than an A? That is wrong...it might be barely an A, but you still scraped by with the A that you worked for.</p>
<p>it's not wrong. it's actually pretty well justified.</p>
<p>typical grading rubric (letter grade to percentages)
A:93+ (4.0)
A-:90-92 (3.7)
B+:87-89 (3.3)
B: 83-86 (3.0)
B-:80-82 (2.7)
C+:77-79 (2.3)
C:73-76 (2.0)
C-:70-72 (1.7)
and so on..</p>
<p>working for an A means you usually got mid to high 90s on everything. getting an A- means you got low 90s. there's your difference.</p>
<p>i wish colleges would just do away with the 4.0 gpa system and just use percentages. that's what i was used to back in school. it's much more clearer and doesn't leave anything open in the air. it makes no sense how if I get a B it just means I got a grade within a certain range of percentage and how letter grades can only cover certain numbers on the 4.0 system. I mean whatever happened to 3.1 or 3.2. i mean sometimes you do work that's in between a B- and B or B and B+ or whatever two letters you want to use. the gpa system can't accurately depict your grades. whereas percentages can.</p>
<p>idk, my official transcript says i currently have a 3.91. i think it just depends on the school. for the record, i've gotten one A- each semester, the rest solid As.</p>
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A:93+ (4.0)
A-:90-92 (3.7)
B+:87-89 (3.3)
B: 83-86 (3.0)
B-:80-82 (2.7)
C+:77-79 (2.3)
C:73-76 (2.0)
C-:70-72 (1.7)
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<p>at my school professors are supposed to aim for averages of around 60% for the class. The courses are curved, though. But by that conversion, the average would be a D-. Basically a fail.</p>
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Someone asked me if I got all A's the other day, and I said "Well, I got all A's except for one A-" and they looked at me like I was crazy.
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I believe you said it correctly. Because people would assume you got a 4.0 if you said you got all A's</p>
<p>Russell7, i think the grading rubric i posted (which is used at my school) is pretty common but not universal by any means. it could be very different at your school. that's some tough grading at your school if they go by that grading rubric i posted. i always thought the average was C which would be a 75 basically or a 2.0 on a gpa scale.</p>
<p>"Why is an A- less than an A? That is wrong...it might be barely an A, but you still scraped by with the A that you worked for."</p>
<p>Because it is less. Are you in college yet? Because an A=4.0, and an A-= 3.7.</p>
<p>I agree that an A- isn't the same as all A's. It's still pretty darn good in my opinion though.
Oh, and as for that grading/GPA scale.
At my HS, each teacher can designate what it takes to get an A-, A+, A, B+, etc.... But then, when that letter grade is converted to GPA points its like this
A+ 12
A 11
A- 10
B+ 9
B 8
B- 7
C+ 6
C 5
C- 4
D+ 3
D 2
D- 1</p>
<p>If you have the time then I'd explain, but if it's just in passing then I think saying "all A's" is fine</p>
<p>I think that an A is an A whether it's - or +.</p>
<p>I think the proper answer to the question is "it's really none of your business, but I'm happy/pleased/unhappy with how I'm doing"</p>
<p>because really, what's it to them?</p>
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I think the proper answer to the question is "it's really none of your business, but I'm happy/pleased/unhappy with how I'm doing"</p>
<p>because really, what's it to them?
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ITA with you. However, I think saying "it's none of your business" or "mind your own business" is sooo rude. I would just say, "I prefer not to share, but I'm doing well."</p>
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If it has an 'A' in it, then it's an A.
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<p>I agree.</p>
<p>For example, whether or not you just turned fifteen yesterday or are turning sixteen tomorrow, your age still has the word fifteen in it and therefore you say 'I am fifteen' even though the two ages are "technically" different and are almost a whole year apart.</p>