Can you tell how close I was to a 3.8?

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<p>At a large public state university, I received a 3.7 in one class. I calculated my percentage I got in the class and it ended up being a 91.6%. The classes median GPA is set to a 3.0 and I calculated the median percentage of the class to be 82.6%. Can you tell how close I was to a 3.8?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I’m pretty sure an A- in a class is always given a 3.7. Much as if you got an A you’d always get a 4.0.</p>

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<p>I don’t think that’s true at my school. I got an A in a class and I really doubt I had a 4.0. I am usually more of a B student so those are the numbers in the grading scale I am more familiar with, but I know you can have a high 2.something here and it’s a B— 83 is the cutoff for a straight B. They say 93 is “the cutoff for an A,” which I guess could mean A-, but I doubt it if 83 is a B and not a B-.</p>

<p>I am immensely sleep deprived so maybe I am talking out my ass.</p>

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<p>The “standard” grading scale is as follows:</p>

<p>A = 4.0 = 93+
A- = 3.7 = 90-93
B+ = 3.3 = 87-90
B = 3.0 = 87-83
B- = 2.7 = 80-83
Etc</p>

<p>The letter grade to 4.0 scale conversion is pretty standard, but the correspondence between percentages and letter grades is not. Each professor can decide on their own which percentage merits which letter grade in his classes.</p>

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You sure that you computed the median and not the average?</p>

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<p>Emaheevul, you go to Michigan right? If so I can assure you that this scale is used throughout the university except for Ross which is slightly different:</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
…and so on…</p>

<p>If you calculate your GPA by hand you should see that.</p>

<p>NYC, there is no way to tell from what you told us how close you were to any GPA. Your school uses an abnormal grading system if you can receive a 3.8 in a class. Ask your professor.</p>

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<p>Huh, I’ll be damned. Then I did get a 4.0! XD</p>

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<p>Ross is full of pussies… I mean, I wish I could get a 4.4 for an A+… geez</p>

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<p>I thought 96%+ is a 4.0</p>

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<p>^That would depend on the school. here it is a 93.</p>