<p>Do prestigious high schools in US have a different score for letter grades with plus/minus?
e.g. A+: 4.0 A: 4.0 A-:3.7 B+: 3.3</p>
<p>Are all As worth the same (regardless of A+, A, A-), and all Bs worth the same too (regardless of B+, B, B-)?</p>
<p>I heard colleges will translate weighted GPA into unweighted,
and those with diff set of scores into the same one to compare.
Does the plus/minus matter when they compare GPA?</p>
<p>Thank you very much!</p>
<p>The world of high schools vary. For some an A+ is 4.33, for others a 4.0, and then if weighted it could be an extra point higher, extra half point, or some other fraction higher. Some even use number grades rather than letter (like having a 95). Some weight AP and honors course the same, some AP courses a little higher. There is almost an infinite variety.</p>
<p>As to what colleges do that also varies, some use unweighted grades and apply their own weighting system, some ignore pluses and minuses, some just rely on what they get and their own knowledge that they usually have about the high schools, some believe class rank is more important, other variations also exist. For most the only grades of importance are those in college prep courses – language, English, lab science, social studies and math – and thus all those A’s you have in health or vocational courses mean nothing. They generally know what they are doing and there is not an issue that they will be misled because one high school uses weighting or grade system that produces higher grades than another. They know how and when to distinguish what is going on because it is rare for them to get an application from a high school that they have never had an application from in the last 20 years. In other words, experience tells them what to expect as differences between high schools.</p>
<p>^ This is one of the best answers on this subject I have ever seen on cc. I could not agree more.
Cheers!!</p>
<p>justjanie: and to add to the excellent post above, each college does their “own thing”…so it makes sense to find out what each one does to determine if one’s stats are competitive for admission</p>
<p>Thank you drusba,blue, rodney!
Thanks!</p>
<p>My school is virtually unknown, and outside US, so it got me thinking about these a bit…</p>