<p>If someone got all A+'s in high school with one B+ with say a 3.8-3.9 GPA, is it considered any better by top colleges than someone with all A-'s with a 4.0 GPA? Are there any differences between an A+, an A, and an A-?</p>
<p>All A+'s and one B+ would not give you a 3.8 - 3.9 GPA if you took 28 classes, 27 of them being A+ and 1 being a B+ would give you a 3.99. The difference between a 4.0 and a 3.99 is virtually none to an adcom. But to answer your question more directly, I think having all A+'s and one B+ looks better on your transcript if you have the same courseload as a person with all A-'s.</p>
<p>It depends on what an A-/B+ is for the high school. An A- could be 90-93 range for some schools, and for others that same range is a B+. School transcripts have a breakdown of the letter grades and their percentages, and colleges look at that. When you say all A-'s gives someone a 4.0 GPA, then it’s presumed that an A+, an A and an A- are all the same.</p>
<p>It’ll depend on your school’s system, but in general, I’d say it’s better to do well in most classes with one minor slip than to perform so-so in all of them.</p>