<p>I heard that some schools grade based on just A, B, C, D, F without the + or -s. Does anyone know which schools actually do this? I am just curious. I heard that MIT and CMU do that.</p>
<p>MIT actually grades using plus/minus modifiers, but the modifiers do not go onto the external transcript and aren't factored into the grade point average.</p>
<p>my college (york college) always did the A B C D F.. no +'s or -'s... so you'd either get a 4, 3, 2, 1, or 0 in a class. Now they've changed it where you can get a 4,3.5,3,2.5,2,1.5,1,0... so it's still not a +/- type of thing.</p>
<p>University of Nebraska has a +/- system that does affect your GPA.</p>
<p>A+ or A = 4.0
A- = 3.66
B+ = 3.33
B = 3.0 and so on and so forth...</p>
<p>yeah that's how most schools are. my school was</p>
<p>95+ = 4.0
88-94 = 3.5
82-87 = 3.0
etc</p>
<p>In my college, there is a + and - system, but not all professors use it. Some will give an A- or B+, but some will say it's an A or a B, even if the grades were 90% and 89% respectively.</p>
<p>This helps you if, say, you get an 80%. It's counted as a 3.0 B by that professor. It can, however, hurt you as well if you needed a certain GPA to get the next level scholarship and the professor gives you a 3.0 B for your 89% that another guy would have given you that meaningful B+ for.</p>
<p>I know a few of the ivies actually switched from the just ABCDF system to the +/- system over a decade ago.</p>
<p>My university (mid-sized public uni. in Tx) uses the ABCDF system.</p>
<p>I can testify that CMU does this. Midterm grades have + and -, but they don't count for anything official; they're just for your information. Final grades are just letters, and that's all that goes on your transcript.</p>