A+/a

Started by Jongho Yoon
Get help with your application

Use all the free resources available to you from SDN: articles, guides, expert advising, forums discussions, and school research.

Browse articles Compare schools My application plan Read Interview Feedback
Practice for interviews Ask an Advisor
J

Jongho Yoon

Full Member
10+ Year Member
15+ Year Member
My school's grade scale only go up to 4.0/A.

Do I need to choose A+ or A for the classes I got A in? (Coursework section..about ADEA AADSAS grade).
 
Jongho Yoon said:
My school's grade scale only go up to 4.0/A.

Do I need to choose A+ or A for the classes I got A in? (Coursework section..about ADEA AADSAS grade).
Click to expand...
If your transcript says you earned an A, that's what you have. Since your institution doesn't grant A+, you will not be able to state you have them (unless your transcript states an A+).
 
Yeah, I'd like to know as well. My school grades with +/- except they don't give out an A+. A perfect score in a class will still be just an A. How would we enter this in AADSAS?

I'm guessing since you have to enter everything as it is on your transcript, we're just screwed, right? Which is too bad because having a coupld 4.3's adding into your GPA would sure help a lot.
 
enfuego said:
Yeah, I'd like to know as well. My school grades with +/- except they don't give out an A+. A perfect score in a class will still be just an A. How would we enter this in AADSAS?

I'm guessing since you have to enter everything as it is on your transcript, we're just screwed, right? Which is too bad because having a coupld 4.3's adding into your GPA would sure help a lot.
Click to expand...
4.0 is the highest you can earn. Since your transcript has no "proof" that you did earn an A+.
 
An A+ is usually given to the top 1 or 2 percent of the class, so I'm sure you can't just put an A+ for all your As. But ss far as I know, A+ just counts as 4.0 in college. It's not like in high school anymore where you can have a GPA higher than 4.0. So you don't have much to worry about. Your GPA will still be the same, just if they look at the breakdown of courses, some one with A+ might look better, but I'm sure it's not a big deal. At least in the UC system, I have quite a few, but they all count as 4.0. Maybe AAdSAS will calculated it differently, but I doubt it. Although I'd love that 🙂
 
Shinpe said:
An A+ is usually given to the top 1 or 2 percent of the class, so I'm sure you can't just put an A+ for all your As. But ss far as I know, A+ just counts as 4.0 in college. It's not like in high school anymore where you can have a GPA higher than 4.0. So you don't have much to worry about. Your GPA will still be the same, just if they look at the breakdown of courses, some one with A+ might look better, but I'm sure it's not a big deal. At least in the UC system, I have quite a few, but they all count as 4.0. Maybe AAdSAS will calculated it differently, but I doubt it. Although I'd love that 🙂
Click to expand...

Some schools actually do go over the 4.0 by giving out A+'s, which is kind of ridiculous...but AADSAS understands that many schools have different grading systems, and that's why they standardize all the GPAs by requiring us to convert our grades to special ADEA AADSAS grades...
 
Thanks guys. I have one more question. Is ski trip class (went to colorado for couple days to take lessons) considered as Distance Learning/Online Course?

Or should I just choose N/A for Special classification?
 
vlct0ria said:
Some schools actually do go over the 4.0 by giving out A+'s, which is kind of ridiculous...but AADSAS understands that many schools have different grading systems, and that's why they standardize all the GPAs by requiring us to convert our grades to special ADEA AADSAS grades...
Click to expand...


So for courses that I got A+, is AADSAS gonna use my schools' policy of 4.0 or they're gonna have their own policy of 4.3??

A- counts as 3.7, why shouldn't A+ count as 4.3? ;p
 
Shinpe said:
An A+ is usually given to the top 1 or 2 percent of the class, so I'm sure you can't just put an A+ for all your As. But ss far as I know, A+ just counts as 4.0 in college. It's not like in high school anymore where you can have a GPA higher than 4.0. So you don't have much to worry about. Your GPA will still be the same, just if they look at the breakdown of courses, some one with A+ might look better, but I'm sure it's not a big deal. At least in the UC system, I have quite a few, but they all count as 4.0. Maybe AAdSAS will calculated it differently, but I doubt it. Although I'd love that 🙂
Click to expand...

An AADSAS converted A+ is a 4.3 in the +/- system... which is why my GPA in the AADSAS +/- system (where A+ = 4.3) is 0.6 higher than my transcript (where A+ = 4.0).

That is probably why they also have GPA without +/-
 
Shinpe said:
So for courses that I got A+, is AADSAS gonna use my schools' policy of 4.0 or they're gonna have their own policy of 4.3??

A- counts as 3.7, why shouldn't A+ count as 4.3? ;p
Click to expand...

They will use "their policy" of 4.3

My school also uses A+ = 4.0, and A- = 3.7... it is garbo
 
DiscoBalls said:
what a silly concept, A+'s. And an A- being a 3.7? That's outrageous!
Click to expand...

Yeah...

A+ = 4.33333333333333333333333333333333
A = 4.0
B+ = 3.666666666666666666666666666666666
B = 3.0
B- = 2 2/3
C+ = 2 1/3
C = 2
C- = 1 2/3

etc.
 
Shjfr said:
Yeah...

A+ = 4.33333333333333333333333333333333
A = 4.0
B+ = 3.666666666666666666666666666666666
B = 3.0
B- = 2 2/3
C+ = 2 1/3
C = 2
C- = 1 2/3

etc.
Click to expand...

A B+ is sadly a 3.3 for the AADSAS :beat:

Here's the link:
http://www.adea.org/dental_educatio...tructions/Documents/2010 GPA Calculations.pdf

They also say "Some schools use quality point scales that are different than those used by AADSAS. For example, at some schools, a B+ grade is assigned 3.5 quality points, but AADSAS assigns a B+ grade 3.3 quality points"

:scared:
 
Jongho Yoon said:
Thanks guys. I have one more question. Is ski trip class (went to colorado for couple days to take lessons) considered as Distance Learning/Online Course?

Or should I just choose N/A for Special classification?
Click to expand...

No.
 
Shjfr said:
An AADSAS converted A+ is a 4.3 in the +/- system... which is why my GPA in the AADSAS +/- system (where A+ = 4.3) is 0.6 higher than my transcript (where A+ = 4.0).

That is probably why they also have GPA without +/-
Click to expand...

What about schools that don't have A+ at all? Like its not that we have A+=4.00, there is just no such thing as A+ ...its only A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc...so how is there any way my school can match up with other schools where you can actually have A+'s on your transcript? Still seems unfair, because I know I've earned high enough A's to be considered A+ by other colleges' standards!
 
vlct0ria said:
What about schools that don't have A+ at all? Like its not that we have A+=4.00, there is just no such thing as A+ ...its only A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc...so how is there any way my school can match up with other schools where you can actually have A+'s on your transcript? Still seems unfair, because I know I've earned high enough A's to be considered A+ by other colleges' standards!
Click to expand...

ya, many schools are like that. But in most schools that do offer A+s, some profs won't give them and the ones that do only give it to the top 0.5% which is usually 1 or 2 students in 300+ classrooms.
It really doesn't make that much of a difference in the end.
 
It seems only fair to standardize the grades especially when schools like mine has a more strict GPA scale than some of what I'm seeing here. Come on B+ 3.6? seriously? That's basically an A- in my school.
 
bennijai said:
It seems only fair to standardize the grades especially when schools like mine has a more strict GPA scale than some of what I'm seeing here. Come on B+ 3.6? seriously? That's basically an A- in my school.
Click to expand...

B+ is a 3.3, the previous person made a typo .......
 
vlct0ria said:
What about schools that don't have A+ at all? Like its not that we have A+=4.00, there is just no such thing as A+ ...its only A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc...so how is there any way my school can match up with other schools where you can actually have A+'s on your transcript? Still seems unfair, because I know I've earned high enough A's to be considered A+ by other colleges' standards!
Click to expand...

I have this inner feeling that life is more fair than we all think (at least concerning this issue) and that AADSAS or/and d schools take into account that some schools do not give out A+ and look maybe slightly more leniently 🙂 at applicants from those schools.
 
vlct0ria said:
What about schools that don't have A+ at all? Like its not that we have A+=4.00, there is just no such thing as A+ ...its only A, A-, B+, B, B-, etc...so how is there any way my school can match up with other schools where you can actually have A+'s on your transcript? Still seems unfair, because I know I've earned high enough A's to be considered A+ by other colleges' standards!
Click to expand...
A lot of schools do not give A+. If the A+ to an A makes that big of a difference in your GPA, your application has some significant pitfalls. In fact, some schools have strictly A/B/C/D/F grading with no +/- grading.
 
Alright everyone I get it already, geesh! It doesn't make that much of a difference, my bad, I'm sorry, whoops! And I am perfectly happy with my GPA, I just wanted to be sure I'm on the same level playing field as everyone else!
 
vlct0ria said:
Alright everyone I get it already, geesh! It doesn't make that much of a difference, my bad, I'm sorry, whoops! And I am perfectly happy with my GPA, I just wanted to be sure I'm on the same level playing field as everyone else!
Click to expand...

Depends if you went to an Ivy institution (name brand cereal) or a run-of-the-mill undergraduate (bagged cereal). :laugh:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.