<p>My school has an annoying grading system that doesn't use any plusses or minuses when calculating GPA so a student with a 92.49 has the same contribution to their GPA as a student with a 84.5. When my school sends transcripts to colleges it places the numerical grade in each course and the student's weighted GPA. The regular 0 to 4 + .2 for Honors and .3 for APs per class. I am asking because at the end of this year I recieved 2 Bs both of which were 92s in AP classes. I am fairly confident I am going to get 5s on the AP exams. I was wondering if colleges consider the 92 and recalculate GPA in different terms such as a assigning a 3.7 or something like most schools with plus/minus systems do or would they look at the grades in my high school's context and keep them as they are. My school does send a sheet on how they calculate GPA along with the transcript, so colleges do get this information. More specifically I am referring to higher-tier colleges like Cal-Berkeley, Caltech. Princeton, Wisconsin-Madison etc. Thanks.</p>
<p>I kind of like the school not using +/- To me, an A is an A, students who receives A showed outstanding performance in class, whether it was a 92 or a 98. Pluses and minuses are just kind of useless if you ask me. Anyway, colleges receives your transcript with your grades, test scores, and your GPA.</p>
<p>On my transcripts I’m almost positive it’ll just say my letter grade (which does not include + or -), and will not include any numerical value which is kind of annoying since my school system is on a 7 point grade scale (92 is a b, 85 is a c, 78 is a d and a 71 is an F i think). So basically, if i make a 90 in a class (an A for other people) it’ll be a b on my transcript, and I’m not sure if the colleges look at whether its on a seven point scale.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t use -/+. I’ve accepted it and I don’t view it as something against me. The college will see your classes, grades, and GPA. A college wouldn’t want to screw you over. They know what your up against.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure colleges look more at actual grades than at GPA, since it’s so hard to compare the GPA number across schools.</p>