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Pacheight, the link you posted is still for calculating grades earned at the University, not for admissions purposes. I’m just going to go with what random said.</p>
<p>Yeah I don’t think pacheight has the slightly idea what he’s talking about.</p>
<p>Some of my teachers didn’t even give out A-'s if you broke 100%.</p>
<p>Anyhow, OP asked for +/- distributions. I have 17 A+'s, 2 A-'s, and the rest solid A’s.</p>
<p>^
WOW. 17 A+S!?!</p>
<p>Were those common at your school? It’s almost impossible to get an A+ at my school.</p>
<p>Saugus, sorry to burst your bubble. The link that pach8 provided states, “because students are asked to submit their GPA as part of the application…”. That is, this is Princeton’s link to applicants, not current students. It very specifically distinguishes between A and A-. Sadly, for any high acheiver, it does not distinguish between A+ and A.</p>
<p>They do matter because the transcript is submitted. Princeton is already lenient in not considering freshman grades.</p>
<p>Anecdote-wise, at my HS the difference between As and A-s was the difference between being rejected and accepted at HYPS (Naviance scattergrams confirm that pretty much everyone 3.9+ got into every school).</p>
<p>@limabeans</p>
<p>I think that they mean for job applications.</p>