GPA difference between A & A minus? Confused!

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Hey CC,</p>

<p>I am a sophomore right now, and was wondering how this whole A and A minus thing works. I might sound paranoid, but bear with me: a CollegeBoard website tells me universities rank A minus as a "3.7" GPA, not a 4.0.</p>

<p>Link to that: How</a> to Convert Your GPA to a 4.0 Scale</p>

<p>But my school's transcript (I've seen a senior's) makes an A minus a "4.0". (for us, A- is 89.5% to 93.5%). My counselor tells me that the transcript only shows the letter grades, not the percentages.</p>

<p>If so, will my A- be a 4.0 still, or do colleges scale differently from certain high schools like mine?</p>

<p>Thanks for resolving this mystery.</p>

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<p>If you are trying to convert your grades to a 4.0 scale, then an A- is a 3.7, or if taken to two significant digits, a 3.67. Most schools would call an A- also in the 89.5 - 93.5.</p>

<p>Don’t worry too much about the conversion of each grade. Once you have your overall grade average for your school (like 91=A-) then you can cover that to a 3.67 or 3.7.</p>

<p>Some high schools give A+ grade for 97-100 or a similar range. For those schools, you would use a 4.33 for an A+, but then you would still have to scale it to a 4.0 scale to compare to others on a 4.0 scale.</p>