<p>How do grades work at Cornell? In high school I'm accustomed to receiving number grades on a 100 point scale. My school never uses letter grades or the 4.00 GPA scale. I looked through the Cornell median grade report and noticed that all the grades are letters. So what happens when you turn in an assignment and the professor grades it? Does he/she give an A+, A, A-, B+, B, etc. for the assignment and then all the letter grades for the course assignments are averaged together to give a semester letter grade? And then all the letter grades for all the courses are averaged together to give a grade on the 4.00 scale??? I'm a bit confused...</p>
<p>all of my grades were letter grades. Sometimes, numbers are converted to letters, for example:</p>
<p>96-100: A
90-95: A-
87-89: B+
84-86: B</p>
<p>... and so forth. As follows, scoring 91% on a test would be an A.</p>
<p>So does an A- translate to a 3.75? Or is it still 4?</p>
<p>3.7</p>
<p>A+s are 4.3. B+s are 3.3. And so on. GPA is weighted by credits.</p>
<p>For the life of me I don't know why the faculty don't assign a value of 11/3 to an A-.</p>
<p>eek that sounds tough... does anyone know the average GPA in the college of engineering?</p>
<p>Typically,
[97,100] => A+, for 4.3 points
[93,97) => A, for 4.0 points
[90,93) => A-, for 3.7 points
[87,90) => B+, for 3.3 points
[83,87) => B, for 3.0 points
[80,83) => B-, for 2.7 points
etc</p>
<p>GPA is 1/(total credits) * Σi (points<em>i * credits</em>i) for classes i
, or just the weighted average (by credits) of your course grades.</p>
<p>Not all professors give A+s, but it's still possible to get above a 4.0. Some grad schools ask you to convert your GPA to a 4.0 scale, such that A+ = 4.0.</p>
<p>Written like a true aspiring PhD in economics, rendeli.</p>
<p>That said, the curve is your friend. In my first linear algebra exam, I received a 60 out of 100. Good enough for a B+. The class average was a 54.</p>
<p>Holy crap. I'm taking Linear Algebra now w/ dual enrollment credits at a local university, but it sounds like I'd better take the class again at Cornell.</p>
<p>I must say though, I've only taken 1 class where the prof gave out A-pluses (bless you, HR266).</p>
<p>Otherwise, an A was the max.</p>
<p>Hm.. I think in ILR most of my profs awarded A+s (though only to maybe 2% of students). Of course, ILRHR 266 has a median of A+. Last fall, so did ILRST 411, as did 11 other classes at Cornell. In Spring 2007, 25 courses had an A+ median (look at the music department! my gosh... <a href="http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Grades/MedianGradeSP07.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://registrar.sas.cornell.edu/Grades/MedianGradeSP07.pdf</a> ). Independent studies, TAships, and honors theses are also great ways to horde the A+s =)</p>
<p>I thought the University no longer awards college credit for TAing?</p>
<p>I received A+s in ECON101, CB300, ILRST 411, and ILRCB495. I felt I should have had one in Lounsbury's OB170 as well.</p>
<p>And no, HR266 should not be a college class.</p>
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<p>It depends. If you are planning on being an economics major or chemistry major, your linear algebra course should be fine. If you plan on being a math major or an engineering major, I highly recommend taking 221, 223, or 294. The course you are taking is probably the equivalent of 231.</p>
<p>I'd recommend 221 if you're not that into math. 294 is for engineers and 223 is theoretical. So, if you're going into a math-intensive major but don't want to kill yourself, Math 221 would be the way to go. I found it pretty easy.</p>
<p>Hmm, well I'm definitely planning on going into an Engineering major, and I've usually done pretty well at math classes, and even though I took Calc 3 and am taking Lin Alg, I saw courses for "Multivariable Calculus for Engineers" and "Linear Algebra for Engineers" Are these the courses that you guys are talking about?</p>
<p>Yes. You will have to take the 192-193-293-294 sequence. I think if you are AEP you can take the 223-224 sequence.</p>
<p>How popular is econ at cornell? would it be suicide for my GPA to start in engineering for 2 years then transfer to economics?</p>
<p>damn, so basically it's near impossible to end up with a 4.0 right lol</p>
<p>definitely possible</p>
<p>It's hard to get a straight 4.0 (no A-'s). But, if you get enough A+'s (4.3), you can make up for any A-'s and still end up with a 4.0 or above.</p>
<p>^^ does that apply to engineering as well? Or just ILR?</p>