Hello all. I have been assigned to compile a list of colleges that grade on a 4.3 scale. They’re out there, but they don’t really advertise this. I’ve come across a few (Cornell, Arizona State University etc.) but I’m hitting a wall, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any more. The list will be used by the college I work for to assist with processing applications.
Penn State
Law school admissions recalculates undergrad GPA of applicants with A+ = 4.333, regardless of whether the college counts A+ as 4.0 or otherwise. Of course, not all colleges have A+ grades.
Do you mean that students at the college can earn a 4.3, or that when looking at applicants’ GPAs the college sets the high end at 4.3?
Because the former is not true about Penn State.
That is interesting. I’d always assumed a 3.8 at Cornell was close to the top which I’d assumed to be a 4.0. But that is not true?
http://theuniversityfaculty.cornell.edu/pdfs/CUgrading.pdf
http://courses.cornell.edu/content.php?catoid=12&navoid=2126#Grades_and_Examinations
A = 4.0, A+ = 4.3 at Cornell.
https://students.asu.edu/grades
A = 4.00, A+ = 4.33 at Arizona State, but cumulative GPA is capped at 4.00.
http://www.lsac.org/aboutlsac/policies/transcript-summarization
http://www.lsac.org/jd/applying-to-law-school/academic-record#grade-table
A = 4.00, A+ = 4.33 for law school admissions.
Note that there are some other schools where one can earn A+ grades, but they are treated as 4.0 (i.e. the same as A) for GPA calculations by the school (but count as 4.33 when applying to law school).
Regarding Penn State, it has +/- valued at +/-0.33, but there are no grades of A+, C-, D+, or D-.
http://handbook.psu.edu/content/grades-and-grade-point-average
So there is no way to get a GPA higher than 4.00 at Penn State (and no way for a student exclusively at Penn State to get a law school application GPA higher than 4.00).
start at a community college, get a 4.0 then transfer and you’ll be going to a fantastic law school like Yale or something
@NASA2014 Seriously though, I’m curious why you answered “Penn State” above when we definitely don’t do what the OP is asking about. Did you see a question beginning with “Where–” and just automatically answer “Penn State” or…?
"but I’m hitting a wall, and I was wondering if anyone knew of any more. "
That’s what I said Penn State
But Penn State isn’t “any more (schools that give 4.3s),” because we DON’T.
so for some schools a A+ can offset a B+ to allow a student a 4.0 but the highest grade for the total GPA is listed as a 4.0?? Bizarre!
Actually, it would be an A+ and an A- averaging to a 4.0, just like two A grades.
However, other schools (and medical school GPA recalculations) which do have A+ grades only give 4.0 for A+, but 3.7 (or some such) for A-. At those schools, an A+ and an A- would be 3.85, not 4.0.