grades and CC???

Applying to College
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<p>It may just be on CC, but it seems like everyone applying to top schools has all A+, and a 4.0 GPA. My freshman year GPA was a 4.2-4.3 out of 4.5, and right now my grades are . . .</p>

<p>First Quarter
Honors Chemistry A
English A
AP Euro A-
Honors Algebra II A+
Spanish III A+</p>

<p>Second Quarter
Honors Chemistry A
English A
AP Euro A+
Honors Algebra II A
Spanish III A+</p>

<p>Is this still OK? I would say that overall my second quarter grades are better than the first, because there are no A- and same number of A+. Is that right?</p>

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<p>I’m going to continue my policy of refusing to justify questions along the lines of “My A doesn’t have a + after it, am I still going to be able to get into a good college”? If you’re anal enough to worry about the difference there, nothing I say is going to affect much anyway.</p>

<p>Seriously, don’t WORRY so much…</p>

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<p>I’m not, but there does seem to be a big 3.5 vs. 3.7 vs. 4.0 GPA problem here . . .</p>

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<p>…an A- is 3.5 at your school?</p>

<p>Then you really don’t need to worry. The kind of school where an A- is 3.5 is the kind of school that makes colleges go “wow” when they see it on your application.</p>

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<p>My school is actually
A+ 4.5 A 4.17 A- 3.84
B+ 3.5 B 3.17 B- 2.84</p>

<p>I’m really not sure how to convert/compare it to other (normal) GPAs</p>