Does admissions count an A+ as 4.3 for transfer students

Transfer Students
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<p>At my university in Canada, an A and an A+ are worth the same (4.0). My honors linear algebra professor told me that A+'s are counted as 4.3 in the US, though. Is this true? If not, does admissions view an A and A+ differently?</p>

<p>I am applying to most of the top 20 universities, and the top few LAC's.</p>

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<p>Each place sets its own policy about this. You would need to ask each of them separately.</p>

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<p>In my experience, an A+ shows up on a transcript, but is counted as a 4.0 in gpa calculation. I’m assuming this is done because not all schools have grading systems that include A+s.</p>

<p>However, as always this may vary with the school, so as hm1 says, you need to call to be sure.</p>

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<p>I’ve never heard of a 4.3 A+ in the US.</p>

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<p>@eclark: LSAC (Law School Admissions Council) gives 4.3 for an A+ in their calculation of GPA. </p>

<p>As for transfer admissions, I’ve never come across it. As the moms said above - check with the schools individually.</p>

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<p>Lawyers! :rolleyes:</p>

<p>AMCAS (Med School Admissions) gives 4.0 for an A+ in their gpa calculation ;).</p>

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<p>A+ will be 4.0 for undergrad transfer admissions. Looking up schools that have A+ grading scales shows they are counted as 4.0 (I looked up Harvard and Berkeley). </p>

<p>LSAC, applying to law school, is the only body that I know of that gives an extra boost for A+.</p>