<p>So A and A+ are both 4.0 in my school.. I know A+ might look better on the transcript but it doesn't affect GPA at all.. so does A+ matter at all?</p>
<p>No.</p>
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<p>My school counts an A+ as a 4.3, so I listed my cumulative GPA as such on my applications. I don't think it matters, though, because the schools have your transcript and can look at it themselves. </p>
<p>The only school I didn't do this for was Berkeley, because they specifically said to weight an A+ as 4.0. (MIT, on the other hand, let me specify what the grading metric was, and I simply stated that I weighted an A+ as 4.3).</p>
<p>My school doesn't even offer A+ grades. I didn't know that many schools did at the collegiate level...</p>
<p>4.3 GPA scale =/= 4.0 GPA scale</p>
<p>Therefore, if you report your GPA on a 4.0 scale, I doubt you can count the A+ like those AP grades back in high school and get it beyond a possible 4.0.</p>
<p>What do you guys think about the difference between an A and an A-? How great?</p>
<p>Some schools, like UW Madison, don't have pluses and minuses at all. They use letter grades like A, AB, B, BC etc. I am sure that grad schools see all variations of this crap and act accordingly.</p>
<p>...Didn't know that schools use blood types to describe performance.</p>
<p>Why wouldn't it matter?
Although it depends on classes, professors and institutions, it's obviously a positive thing.</p>
<p>Brown does not give plus or minus grades. And they don't give pretend ones either, like in kindergarten: grades like A, AB, B, BC</p>
<p>On a grad transcript, I'm sure that is a minor issue. If you think a- or b+ matters so much, maybe get a research project?</p>
<p>"What do you guys think about the difference between an A and an A-? How great?"</p>
<p>It's actually more depressing when I get an A- than it is when I get a B+. The A- just sits on the report card taunting, "Oh, you were /so close/ but just couldn't do it, huh? Watch as a drain your lovely GPA of its lovely shine." The B+, on the other hand, is much more optimistic. "Hey, so this isn't your best subject," it says. "But look! You're on the /high/ end of average! As far as non-A people go, you're the best! Yay you!"</p>
<p>I think the differences would be about 1/3 of a grade.
I'm no mathematician though, so don't quote me on that.</p>
<p>My experience is that an A is a solid grade, telling you you're on the right track for grad school. Likely you should be mainly getting these. </p>
<p>An A+ is a sort of icing to the cake. It <em>will</em> look better, I think, because generally not too many of these are given out, but I mean, only if you have a bunch of these does it seem it'll really make a difference. Lots of icing can be nice =]</p>