<p>I've heard that minuses in college hurt you, and etc. I was just wondering if anyone knew how USC worked your GPA in terms of grades (A=4, B=3, C=2?) and how the minus on the end affects it. I haven't seen or heard of any document that delineates how GPA works, but if anyone could find anything from USC that outlines how this works it would be greatly appreciated. =)</p>
<p>A = 4
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2
C- = 1.7
and so on.</p>
<p>Oh, my lord. A-=3.7. BRUTAL.</p>
<p>No A+ at USC??</p>
<p>Maybe professors don’t believe in such a thing as a perfect grade, I know some teachers at my school who won’t give it because it isn’t within their ‘principles.’ </p>
<p>@Nonsenescent: Seriously LOLOL my brother has straight A’s at USC except those minuses brought it down to a 3.8 something T_T</p>
<p>No A+.</p>
<p>If you Pass (you only need a C-) a Pass/No Pass class, it doesn’t factor into your GPA. However, if you fail it does.</p>
<p>Also, transfer credit goes into a separate transfer GPA and does not change your USC gpa.</p>
<p>A semester GPA of 3.5 is Dean’s List (at least that’s how it is in CLAS).</p>
<p>Looking at the law school admissions graphs, there are a few college graduates who present to law schools with an A+ average, a GPA well above 4.0. So, some schools do give an A+ option, and some people can actually produce at that level consistently. Cornell does it, for example.</p>
<p>Also, when calculating your GPA you have to take into account how many units the class is worth. You multiply the number of units by the GPA points for each class, then add em all up and divide by the total number of units.</p>
<p>kollegkid, I wonder if law school admissions recalculate GPAs for applicants using their own in-house formula just as undergrad college admissions do. It’s a way to even the field for all applicants no matter the sending institution.</p>
<p>^ From what I have gathered so far, I don’t think so. Ergo, there is a slight disadvantage for us since we don’t have a chance for a bonus 0.33 points. </p>
<p>The Law School GPA calculations are seemingly very standardized and inclusive of the A+ bonus.</p>
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<p>I’m looking at transferring to USC, I currently attend ASU and have several A+s which have significantly helped my GPA. Does this mean that those A+s will just be counted as a 4 and not a 4.3 even though it counts that way for my overall at ASU?</p>
<p>“Maybe professors don’t believe in such a thing as a perfect grade, I know some teachers at my school who won’t give it because it isn’t within their ‘principles.’”</p>
<p>I too have had a professor like this and I assured him that: though there might not be such a thing as a perfect grade, there was such a thing as a perfect drop slip when the professor is a perfect ass.</p>
<p>Racerboy: Once you transfer, you start off at zero. You will be instructed to track your USC GPA, USC major GPA, and transfer GPA separately.</p>