<p>So I'm sure everyone knows Cornell gives A+. I was just wondering if Med schools cut off that to a 4 and then calculate cumulative GPA? So does that mean our GPAs are lower than they are in eyes of med admissioners if we got A+? And does Cornell send Cumulative and Science (what counts as science) GPAs or something cause I'm not too clear about that? Thanks for any help!</p>
<p>Your 4.3's are converted to 4.0's. Your A+'s will still show but the GPA that's calculated by AMCAS (the GPA that med schools use) will reflect a 4.0 for each A+. This is fair since many schools don't offer A+'s. I had around 8 A+'s that were downgraded to A's but my GPA only dropped 0.05, no biggie.</p>
<p>As for what counts as science: anything offered by the bio, physics, chem, and math departments as well as stats and biochem regardless of departments. You can label the class however you want and if you label it wrong, the AMCAS verifier will correct it for you (that's why you pay them $180).</p>
<p>OH! thanks! wow that is not lookign good lol -_-</p>
<p>I thought Cornell had hard classes where As are rare?</p>
<p>Not really. 15-25% get A's in the 100 and 200 level science courses.</p>
<p>cutoff is 1 SD above average (or 84% percentile) = A- and you go on from there. </p>
<p>Do you think med school admission people will look at Cornell As as not as good as some other place's As since Cornell gives A+s and getting an A means you are good but not great while at other places with no A+s they can't judge.</p>