What exactly is a 4.0 in college?

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<p>Do they give letters? Or is it like high school - a 100 average</p>

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<p>It’s all A’s. Typically this would be a 93-100 in every class, but for some universities that don’t use the plus-minus system, this would be 90+.</p>

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<p>So in a perhaps perverted sense… it is easier to keep a 4.0 in college?</p>

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<p>Technically, yes. That being said, from what I’ve heard at my university, we haven’t seen a 4.0 in over 10 years.</p>

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<p>No.</p>

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<p>Many high schools determine GPAs in the same way as universities.</p>

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<p>“So in a perhaps perverted sense… it is easier to keep a 4.0 in college?”</p>

<p>Ha. I wish my undergrad was as easy as high school. People get 4.0s in college all of the time, but each of them had to work their tails off for it.</p>

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<p>It depends on what your major is.</p>

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<p>A few colleges give extra weight for A+'s …such as a 4.3. That helps balance any A-'s that are only given a 3.7.</p>

<p>If your college doesn’t give extra weight for A+'s, then if you get ONE A-, you can never get a 4.0. The best you can get is a 3.9X.</p>

<p>What do you mean that it’s easier to get a 4.0 in college?</p>