<p>i think an A+ system in itself sounds like maybe it's an instant "grades are inflated enough here that it's possible to do that well" type thing.</p>
<p>My school is A=4.0, A- =3.7, etc...</p>
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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.
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<p>I agree. I had >99% average (UNweighted, I may add!) in 3 of my classes, and I missed an A -- (and instead got an A-) -- in one of my classes by 0.05%. That prof is a ****** though... she totally could have rounded it to a 96 from a 95.95, but of course, she counted it as an A-. So of course, my GPA drops to include that A-, not even taking into account the fact that I almost had a perfect score in 3 frigging courses. Ugghh, it's so annoying.</p>
<p>As I think this thread pretty much demonstrates, those schools with a +/- system, do actually use that to set GPA, rather than for show. While I understand that, I'd love to see them just give full letters (A, B, C, D, F). My former institution did that. Had my present institution done that, I'd be getting a .07 boost, which would've been nice since my perfect GPA is now shot.</p>
<p>The problem with that gprime is that CC will be filled with people complaining that they were 0.05% away from an A and got dropped to a B and got a 3.0 instead of an A- and getting a 3.7.</p>
<p>LOL!!!!!!!! SBR, you are one funny man!</p>
<p>At Indiana
A+=4.0
A=4.0
A-=3.7
B+=3.3
B=3.0
B-=2.7
C+=2.3
C=2.0
C-=1.7
D+=1.3
D=1.0
D-=.7
F=0</p>
<p>Neither of my two sons colleges award A+. I thought only high schools gave out A+. And yes, A- should not count as an 4.0 because it's not an A, it's below an A.</p>
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The problem with that gprime is that CC will be filled with people complaining that they were 0.05% away from an A and got dropped to a B and got a 3.0 instead of an A- and getting a 3.7.
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<p>Welcome to my case. This fall I received an 89 in Geography... and b/c my school doesn't grade on that scale an 89 = B = 3.0. We don't get GPAs in between whole numbers... so therefore a 100=90, a 89=80, a 79=70 and so on. Sometimes it can really suck, and sometimes it actually is beneficial (e.g. Receiving anything >95 is near impossible at my school in my major).</p>
<p>My school gives just A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0. No pluses or minuses. I like it because I've definitely made some B's which would have been B- and A's which would have been A-, and my GPA would be alot lower if that were the case.</p>
<p>an A- is 3.7 at like 90% of schools who give them and 3.67 at the other 10%. I've never heard of it being a 4.0.</p>
<p>my school awards A+'s but they only count as 4.0.</p>
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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.
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<p>they won't rescale like that. all they'll do is consider the A+'s as A's and then recalculate the GPA out of 4.0. That's essentially the only difference that there is at schools with A+'s. Schools with A+'s divide the "As" into As and A+'s and schools without them just give more As without the A+'s.</p>
<p>I would have a GPA that would be over a tenth higher if it were under a simple no +/- system because of 5 A-'s that I have received. But they count as 3.66. I would prefer it the other way, but I guess I just need to step it up more when I'm borderline A/A-. It sucks when you know you are and it's all coming down to an exam that you have to get some ridiculous grade on to get the A.</p>
<p>Oh, and if we did use a system that did have an A+, that would really suck because that would create even more high pressure situations.</p>
<p>yeah its 3.7 at my school</p>
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they won't rescale like that. all they'll do is consider the A+'s as A's and then recalculate the GPA out of 4.0. That's essentially the only difference that there is at schools with A+'s. Schools with A+'s divide the "As" into As and A+'s and schools without them just give more As without the A+'s.
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<p>Eh?</p>
<p>10 char</p>
<p>A- at Tulane is 3.667... It's not often, but I know at least one instance when someone missed a benchmark because of it.</p>
<p>I believe an A- is 3.5 at my school...bleh.</p>
<p>It's college!
No one should be whining over an A-, chill out!
My cousin ended up with a 3.1 from Stanford but he got a 180 on the LSAT, so he's at Columbia Law now- which, I believe, is one of the best law schools in the country!
There's more than grades, brah, and you know what he partied so hard in college and had a real good time. That's what college is about- being independent and having fun!</p>
<p>my school has A as a 4.0 then B+ at 3.5 then B at 3.0 then C+ 2.5 etc
so if you got a 90/100 average you would have a 4.0
it's good :)</p>
<p>Mine gives 4.33 for an A+, 4.00 for an A, and 3.67 for an A-.</p>
<p>i wish A+ existed. I mean this system makes no effin sense.</p>
<p>Weird. They just give A=4, B=3, etc. I like it better this way... no nitpicking over a few points here and there. For me, an A is better than 90%... and this seems to correspond to me to the idea of 4.0, 3.0, etc.</p>
<p>I get the whole A+, A-, etc. things, but I don't think they're necessary. And how would graduate schools see these? My transcript doesn't even note whether it was an A+, A, or A-. They're just going to see 'A'.</p>