<p>Do the exact numerical grades matter, or just the letter grades in general?</p>
<p>For example: If, say, you want to major in business and you are in AP econ class, would it matter if you earned a 91 instead of a 98 in the class?</p>
<p>Probably it would</p>
<p>you would record an a- rather than an a+, a notable difference</p>
<p>Negligible difference in my opinion. MIT has no way of knowing how rigorous your high school classes are in comparison to other schools; just strive to hold an A and maintain a good class rank and I think you should be alright.</p>
<p>In my case, my science class is my lowest grade year after year (90 chem, 91 physics, 91/92ish in bio, all ap) although I plan on becoming a nuclear engineering major, and I got a 800 on my sat 2 in physics. My humanities grades all tend to be 96+, but they are comparatively easy relative to science classes at my school, so I have no problem presenting low A's.</p>
<p>Actually, MIT receives a school profile from each school, which helps them determine how rigorous each course is in the context of your environment. </p>
<p>My school's profile has the grade distribution for every single course that the school offers; I'm not sure if every school uses the same format or not.</p>
<p>Either way, the difference between A- or the A will be the context of your school; if your school does provide a detailed profile like mine does, and most people have a lower grade than you do, you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Also, 7/100 points in one class out of your whole transcript, which is only one part of your whole application.....? Totally negligible.</p>
<p>The most enjoyable part of this thread is that MIT does not put pluses and minuses on its external grade reports.</p>
<p>really???</p>
<p>for my school </p>
<p>80%=A
90%=A+</p>
<p>so... im gonna be getting 4.0 in terms of MIT grades?</p>
<p>that is the most lenient grading system ive ever seen lol</p>
<p>not really lmao... 20 kids in whole school only get 90s</p>
<p>its equivalent to british system without A Levels... canada is commonwealth...</p>
<p>ud be surprised out of 1600 kids in the student body how many actually get 80% or higher buddy... its not like america where u take 8 courses yearly (some courses) for 45 minutes a day... 75 minute periods for us and we take courses that should be taught in 1 year that are taught in 3 months... just to give u a view point :)</p>
<p>Yeah well so is Massachusetts. What does that have anything to do with it? </p>
<p>And that's not meant to be rude, I really am wondering, what does being a commonwealth have anything to do with that?</p>
<p>considering we still have a monarchy... hmmm... maybe that</p>
<p>while usa is a republic... hmm maybe that for u guys??... lol... the province of ontario is really weird in marking scales so dont ask me im assuming... im not in the academic board for schooling district... im just assuming from what my teachers have told me...</p>
<p>why would having a monarchy have anything to do with the way your grades work? I've heard that a lot of foreign countries do grades like that (some where like 70%+ is an A). Experiencing the level of difficulty here and meeting people from schools in other countries who don't work nearly as hard as people at my school do (you very well may be different, not jumping to any conclusions), I think it's overly lenient in these countries and way more difficult in the US. However you COULD be different, I obviously have no way of knowing how hard your school is.</p>
<p>^^thats true... that system of 70% is still found in some british/UK schooling systems... i agree... but u shouldnt be biased in saying that for other lenient countries... u got to take into account that US is apart of this too... </p>
<p>I hope u do understand that schools lose money if they dont maintain an image... their endowment falls if u have more parttime students and go below average in certain courses offered....</p>
<p>so it isnt just foreign countries... as u stated i shall to... i have no clue how hard ur high school system is and how the curriculum is taught... but from what i hear... i havent seen a high school like mine teaches APs in 1 semester (almost 4 months)... I know there are schools in the US who do have a strong and very rigourous grading system/curriculum and im sure of it that universities take that into consideration... so it might actually be a positive thing because universities will actually KNOW about ur high school... rather than trying to know about foreign high schools (unless their partially US based)..</p>