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A vs A- vs B+
Started by youthman
What do you mean? When you apply or are in school? Most of the vet schools I applied to (well all of them) used the same GPA that my undergrad had calculated for me based on their +/- system. In my vet school there are no + or - just straight grades.youthman said:
youthman said:
The Purdue ad com, for instance, does not use the +/- system during the application process because (probably) their undergrads there at Purdue are given only straight grades. Michigan State, on the other hand, does use the +/- system (and I am assuming here that MSU undergrads get +/- grades). So I guess the ad coms tend to use the grading system that is used for the undergrads in their particular university. They definitely vary from school to school.
Yeah I got a B+ on my midterm so I'm trying to calculate my chances of finishing the class with an A- or A!! I am sooooo angry with myself because I knew the material well enough to get an A (I got all the hard questions right), but I misread 2 of the easiest questions and it cost me. That's what really drives me crazy - like a basketball player costing his team the game because he missed his 2 free throws.
youthman said:
My Calc exam....I missed like 4-5 +C's for my intergals.... I hadn't missed more than 5 points the entire quarter out of a 1000-900 point class...I about died....to the curve I still got an A but technically it would had dropped me to a B+...I was already accepted but it drove me wild....
youthman said:
Hi YM,
Well at least you can say it was one of your own mistakes that cost you points.
On my first chem 2 test I had a multiple choice marked wrong by the scantron that I had clearly and thoroughly erased and marked with the correct answer.
So I brought it to the attention of the prof immediately, and he's like "sorry, if it marks it wrong, it's wrong. You don't get any 2nd chances on the MCAT". I was blown away...at three points it was the difference between a B and a B+. I got an A on the next test, but still, I thought that was pretty chinzy.
Now on the back of the scantron I note in an unused section (like on the border) if I have made any erasures and changes, and I make the prof initial it as I hand in the test.
Sorry for the rant, but lazy grading is a pet peeve of mine.
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Olddodger said:
that sucks....I remember a scan tron test that I took...all the questions were the same just in a different order....the people in the "B" (A-E) test did sigficantly the worst...odd...but yeah I've been in classes (namely Animal Behavior) where my test was scored wrong......he was good to fix it.... each point was 2% of our grade...
youthman said:
Hello Youthman! Most calculations I have seen with the plus/minus system works like this...Multiply the number of credit hours for a class by 4.0 for an A, 3.7 for an A-, 3.3 for a B+, 3.0 for a B, 2.7 for a B-, 2.3 for a C+, etc...So basically if you got an A in a 4 credit hour class then you would earn 16 "points" for that individual class versus 14.8 points for an A- or 13.2 points for a B+ earned...For overall GPA calculation, total points earned is divided by total hours earned..Hope this helps🙂
Don't sweat grades too much. Do your best but the most important thing is to be a happy person. My undergraduate GPA was 2.7 but I took a lot of classes that were fun, interesting, challening, and exciting, PLUS I did a lot of personal development sort of things - working in an animal hospital of course, being on the ski team, and directing theatrical productions. After graduation from college I decided to spend one semester proving I had it in me to excel in sciences, and I did get a 4.0 that semester in a masters level animal science program. Still, my overall GPA was not great. Nonetheless I was accepted at Penn, with no interview even, and am now a happy practicing veterinarian.
Good luck to you all.
Good luck to you all.
