<p>Mine (USC) does... I found out when I was sent my orientation stuff, so this isn't a new revelation. A= 4.0, A-=3.7, B+= 3.3... etc. I'm just curious how common this is for colleges. I say I got straight As this semester, because I count A- (I got 2 of those and 2 As), but my GPA is 3.85, not 4.0.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think that's normal. Only A's are worth a 4.0.</p>
<p>Yes, that is pretty standard. I'm at UC Berkeley and A- counts for 3.7.</p>
<p>That's the system at my school.</p>
<p>Yup - that's sort of the point of an A-. It's not an A.</p>
<p>it makes sense.</p>
<p>Yeah same at my school.</p>
<p>Same here.</p>
<p>It's pretty dumb, an A's an A. We do the:</p>
<p>4
3.7
3.3
3
2.7
2.3
2
1.7
1.3
1
.7</p>
<p>System. It is unfair because it is not consistent. An A+ should be worth 4.3 under this system.</p>
<p>For us, A+ is 4.3, A is 4, and A- is 3.7. So at least we get a boost from A+</p>
<p>yea, those 3.7s will totally kill your GPA... give me a break.</p>
<p>We don't have any A+ here (highest is A), and I think it's weird that "A+" is still present in some college grading systems.</p>
<p>That's how it is here, 4 for an A, 3.66 for an A-, and actually, we do give 4.33 for A+ (but good luck ever getting one of those!).</p>
<p>We have A+'s on the transcript, but it's still a 4.0. A- is a 3.7 however. </p>
<p>I think A+ as a 4.0 is a good system. At my school, if A+ = 4.3, then I'm sure all the high achievers will aim for that and the A+ will become the new A. Personally, I'd rather not kill myself to get that 97 or above instead of a 95. </p>
<p>In fact, I know some teachers who make it a principle not to give out A+'s, even if one had perfect grades on everything, just to discourage the grade grubbing and all that.</p>
<p>I agree that you should not get anything extra for an A+, but if you're not going to get anything extra for an A+, you shouldn't get anything taken away for getting an A-. An A should be worth 4, a B worth 3, etc.</p>
<p>My school gives straight letter grades, no pluses or minuses allowed on the final grade. Not sure if I like it this way or not.</p>
<p>If an A+ counts as a 4.3, now your GPA is out of 4.3 instead of 4.0 . You get no actual boost from an A+, but now getting an A is functionally equivalent to getting an A- under the old system. If you get a professor that just doesn't give out A+'s and your GPA is above a 4.0, then it's guaranteed to drop no matter how well you do in the class.</p>
<p>I hear that many professional schools such as med, law, etc will recalculated applicants' GPA's based on their own grading system anyway. So it wouldn't even matter. The only thing the GPA would be good for is class rank and latin honors when you graduate.</p>
<p>yea most grad schools recalculate to the system most of us on here have with the A- as 3.66.</p>
<p>dillsky: Only kind of. At my school, and A+ counts for extra, but they are so rare (most profs don't give them), that they are just like an extra bit of awesome if you get them, but everyone still considered 4.0 the top GPA. Almost no one has anything over that.</p>
<p>Grad schools/employers/etc likely won't know how rare they are. They'll just see that the maximum possible GPA is a 4.3, and rescale accordingly.</p>