<p>UMiami uses the +/- system but an A+= 4.0.</p>
<p>UW Madison began its present system eons ago: A, AB, B, BC, C...splits the difference between letter grades.</p>
<p>Kind of ironic that MIT, of all places, can't get a handle on the 4.0 scale.</p>
<p>My neighbor is a law professor involved in admissions to his law school. He tells me that they don't necessarily recaculate GPAs or consider much if the undergrad school is known for deflation or inflation. Since they have to report the average GPA for rankings, and are interested in keeping their ranking high, the student from a school with grade deflation is at a disadvantage. I presume this means that those who have a GPA based on an above 4.0 scale are also at an advantage.</p>
<p>Hiring at my husbands world wide company negotiates starting salary using GPA. They just go by the numbers so a few 4.33's on a 4.0 scale might earn you some extra money. After this raises are based on percentages so the guy making more $$$ gets more money than the guy who came in with a lower salery even if they earn the same percentage raise. Absolutely makes a difference.....and compounds.</p>
<p>i got 2 A+'s this past semester at Pomona, but GPA doesn't go above 4.0</p>
<p>Well, for those students without A+= 4.3 something cut your way. (And my D's, too!) :) AMCAS ignores the A+ in calculating GPA. <a href="http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=286871%5B/url%5D">http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=286871</a> I also saw this at the MIT, Harvard, and Duke sites but the aamc .pdf link on the student doctor thread is the gospel. . My two tin cans and a string dial-up won't let me download the pdf for you but the html clearly shows that the A+ is gone. </p>
<p>This is a nice link also. <a href="http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/advisors/toolbox.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.aamc.org/students/applying/advisors/toolbox.htm</a></p>
<p>Thanks Curm.</p>
<p>Do the goats eat the tin cans on occasion? I can imagine that would be a problem. :)</p>
<p>wow, nice find curm.</p>
<p>My Tulane daughter ended up with a GPA that made no sense to me. I had never heard of colleges using +/- until now). Found this on their website -- no A+ available:</p>
<p>A = 4.0
A- = 3.67
B+ = 3.33
B = 3.0
B- = 2.67
C+ = 2.33
C = 2.0
Etc.</p>
<p>My favorite is the D- at .67! That could have really helped me in that Geology of US National Parks class they said was easy for Business Majors, but unfortunately was held at the same time as General Hospital. :)</p>
<p>My DS got his first semester grades from Johns Hopkins today. When he submitted his schedule last summer to his advisor he was told not to take the 300 level history course as it would be too difficult for him. (A little Bugs Bunny voice in my head said "She doesn't know him very well, does she"). Anyway he got an A+ from the professor and a congratulatory email.
However this will not count! JHU has "covered" 1st semester grades for freshmen so it will only count as a "pass".</p>
<p>Amherst also gives A+, like my D's, but not additional point value.</p>
<p>whats the MIT grade scale? A = 5.0, A- = 4.67?</p>
<p>A = 5.0
B = 4.0
C = 3.0
D = 2.0
F = 0.0</p>
<p>There are no +/- grades given at MIT. (Well, they're given, but they're not reported on any outside transcript nor calculated into the GPA.)</p>
<p>It's a weird system, but all you have to do to convert is subtract one point from your GPA, so long as you have no F's.</p>
<p>i know ithaca counts an A+ as a 4.3 </p>
<p>however, i know that for graduate school in psychology, the applications tell you how to calculate your gpa based on their standardized formula.</p>
<p>Oberlin changed their grading system starting with students entering in Fall 2004. So, starting with my class, we have grades with +/- and an A+ is a 4.33. I think it's pretty ridiculous, because the classes I have received A+'s in were Italian 101, 102 and Astronomy 100. Oh well.</p>