<p>how does the college GPA system work? (its prolly a dumb question but i dunno)...all i do know is that its out of 4.0...like what is an A? what is a B, are there B plus? or A-? thanks in advance!</p>
<p>not sure if this is what you want but</p>
<p>this is the GPA system for most colleges (I go to PSU and this is what we use)
A: 4.0
A-: 3.67
B+: 3.33
B: 3.0
B-: 2.67
C+: 2.33
C: 2.0
D: 1.0
F: 0</p>
<p>wow thanks...and what is an A? (93+) thanks again</p>
<p>Many college classes are curved, meaning your grade is based on doing better than a certain percentage of the kids in the class. For example, in my organic chem class, all you had to do was score in the top 16% of the kids taking organic chem to get an A- or an A. So I could conceivably only get 80% of the points in organic chem and still get an A for the class because everyone else did worse!</p>
<p>BTW: AMCAS when calculating your GPA assigns slightly different values to grades. An A- is a 3.7, a B+ is a 3.3, etc.</p>
<p>The biggest thing is that grading systems vary from school to school, and professor to professor.</p>
<p>I had very few classes (only 2 that I can think of, OChem 1 and 2 from the same professor) that were on a true curve. Some were on a scale, most were simply do the work, get the grade. </p>
<p>My school had the same +/- system as azn posted, but even then I had profs who refused to hand out minuses (the nice ones) and some that refused to hand out pluses (the not-so-nice ones). So really it's up to your professor, because all they have to do is report the letter grade and nothing else.</p>
<p>yeah, it really depends on the school and the professor. My school has the +/- system, but I've had professors that simply don't use +'s or -'s. Generally, when a class is not curved, >93% is an A, but there are some that make 87% an A- and 90% an A... as you can see, it really does depend.</p>
<p>At some schools, A+'s are weighted as 4.3 (or 4.33), but as far as AMCAS is concerned, A and A+ are the same thing</p>