<p>Does Rice use the +/- system? Just curious</p>
<p>Yes, it does.</p>
<p>What I’m curious about is that the OP is asking about Rice’s grading system when s/he is “Emory 2013” - hm?</p>
<p>Maybe the OP is transferring.</p>
<p>I was just curious, maybe transferring, but right now I am happy at Emory, kids are really cool here.</p>
<p>whats the +/- system?</p>
<p>@seiter01: The plus/minus system takes into account +/- grades into GPA (unlike at most high schools). Here’s how it works at Rice:</p>
<p>A+ 4.33
A 4.00
A- 3.66
B+ 3.33
B 3.00
B- 2.66</p>
<p>and so forth.</p>
<p>oh, lol. my high school does that. :P</p>
<p>Would you say that this is due to grade inflation (as I’ve heard it surmised for UT) or because Rice has lots of over-achievers or something else entirely?</p>
<p>I don’t think it has anything to do with grade inflation, and I’m not sure how that would even be a factor.</p>
<p>I’m not sure I understand the question, heinochus. Actually, my GPA would be higher if we didn’t have the +/- system, because it’s really hard to get a normal A, especially since so few professors give A+es.</p>
<p>My reasoning is that the +/- system would make a 4.0 harder to achieve, thus combating grade inflation. Your lower GPA would be an intended effect of this, I’d think 
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<p>Ah so this GPA system really doesn’t work in a premed’s favor? Bummer.</p>
<p>I’m not sure what that has to do with grade inflation, though. Grade inflation is up to the professors. If a professor wants to give an A, he’s going to give an A.</p>
<p>Perhaps I just have a mistaken idea of what grade inflation is, then.</p>
<p>well i think it depends. the +/- system could work in your favor or not. With that system you could get a B+ which is worth my GPA points than a B at a non +/- school. However, if you would earn a B- that would be worth less than the B at the non +/-, so it hurts your GPA. So essentially if you are slightly higher than the letter grade it helps and if you are slightly lower it doesn’t.</p>
<p>Yeah I’m a bit worried as a potential pre-med (I’m on waitlist), but this system makes a bit more sense overall. It encourages students to really try to excel and get that A/A+ instead of scraping by with an A-. I really hope that it doesn’t create a grade-grubbing atmosphere but from what I’ve heard Rice has a relaxed/non-cutthroat environment.</p>
<p>I read somewhere around here at collegeconfidential that 90% of rice’s premed students move on to attend the med school of their choice. I’ve also read in the premed section that grade inflation is highly beneficial for the premed students. So how do these two work??? Rice has grade deflation but a majority of its premed students are successful in getting into med school, which is easier to get into its the grade is inflated? Huh??</p>
<p>Someone help. I’m confused. :S</p>
<p>I believe that the stat is that about 90 percent of Rice students who apply to med school get accepted - I don’t think that it’s necessarily to their first choice med school! There is another stat floating around somewhere about the percentage of Rice students who attend their first choice grad school… I’m not convinced that there is inflation or deflation at Rice - and I do believe that you are not penalized in your grades by being surrounded by other bright, hard-working kids.</p>
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<li>Would anyone know how many begin as pre med and apply to med school after three or four years?</li>
<li>Let’s say you receive average grade in Organic Chemistry at Rice.
Would that count as B+, B, or B-?</li>
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