<p>So I just got my grades for the last semester and for 4/5 classes I got A+'s and the other class I got an A...do you think that colleges will look at this for transfer even if at my school an A+ does not give a boost on the transcript?</p>
<p>If it is denoted on the transcript as an "A+" then they will see it as such.</p>
<p>Been waiting for Ochem grades for two weeks now, and 3 weeks for History.</p>
<p>4.00 is good enough. the pluses won't make them clap hands and go "how wonderful", but they do complement the 4.00 rather nice. GPAs higher than 4.00 look tacky anyhow. You're set with the GPA, now worry about the other stuff. Good luck.
P.S. which school do you go to?</p>
<p>oh I am in the honors program at UIUC (Illinois Urbana Champaign)</p>
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but they do complement the 4.00 rather nice. GPAs higher than 4.00 look tacky anyhow.
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<p>What? That does not make sense!</p>
<p>how does one get a GPA above 4.00?</p>
<p>Dear nahra...,
nspeds,
Some universities such as Cornell not only award A+'s but also treat them as a 4.30 or something, thus allowing your GPA to go higher than 4.00. I know a kid with a 4.08. To me it looks tacky and unrealistic and I don't like the fact that the +s allow you to cover up past mistakes.
I understood the original question as "Oh, I have A+s but my GPA just says 4.00. Why doesn't it say 4.23iour2u so the +s are even more flagrant?" So I said "the plusses make the 4.00 look a little nicer than just As with a 4.00 and you shouldn't wory about them not showing numerically which would be downright grade-inflation suspect and TTT."
Does it make more sense now?
Maybe I misunderstood the original question, which might seem inevitable since I just skim the posts anyhow, but honestly, I think that you did.</p>
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Some universities such as Cornell not only award A+'s but also treat them as a 4.30 or something,
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<p>I thought they still counted as 4.00s at Cornell.</p>
<p>At any rate, my issue with your post was with the statement:</p>
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<p>That is silly.</p>
<p>Cornell doesn't give out these grades like butter, it is near impossible to get an A, let alone an A+. You have to be like #1-#3 in a 250 person class to get an A+, and some professors like poli sci do not believe in giving them out.</p>
<p>^^ what about for bizness courses? An A+ in organic chem. or p.chem is obviously ridiculous but for applied econ. courses it appears very plausible and attainable no?</p>
<p>Ok, here is why I said that GPA above 4.00 looks tacky.
You get a B+ and three A+ and lets say that you [i am not going to bother calculationg ] have a 4.0X. To me you are not a 4.00 student simply because the +s are covering up the B. I was ranked #1 in math, 0-chem, and physics out of 300-400 people this semester but if I had a B in Bio, which I almost did, I would have had a 3.75 compared to 4.05 in Cornell. Cornell was going to lie that I was a 4.00 studen't which I wouldn't have been. See?
By no means I suggest that Cornell is an easy grader.</p>
<p>wingariu...
why would it be ridiculous for o-chem and applicable to e-con. I think it would be exactly the opposite.</p>
<p>bizness courses tend to be easier and don't suffer from grade deflation unlike engineering/ some of the pure sciences, etc...</p>
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Cornell was going to lie that I was a 4.00 studen't which I wouldn't have been. See?
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<p>The math does not lie. The 4.33 for an A+ is a legitimate calculation that many top tier institutions undertake, just as any A is a 4.00. Deal with it.</p>
<p>legitimate tackyness.</p>
<p>What if my school uses only A B C D F without plus or minus? Then I would be deprived from the chance to get A+ and therefore have a GPA above $4.0??</p>
<p>Depending on your school it might suggest some lack of grade inflation which is never a bad thing. I am happy that my school goes by A, AB, B,.. It's solid. And 4.00 feels soooo good.</p>
<p>If you get an A+ from Cornell, you are clearly above a 4.00 student, at least for that course. And 4.33 would feel a lot better than a 4.00 at any school. I highly doubt many people have done that at Cornell, perhaps 1 or 2 a year, if that even.</p>