Do they even care about an A+

[13132]

---

Members don't see this ad.

Do adcoms even care about an A+? If they do, when do they see it? Is it after your initial GPA is screened and they look at your transcript more closely?

Also, I have gotten a few, but I feel like the one I have in the humanities will not even matter to them. It irritates me because I worked extremely hard for all of my A+ and I feel like they wont be noticed or considered.

 

[Bmed]

u serious

 

[Robinson Crusoe]

The issue is not all colleges/universities offer the A+ grade. At many schools, an A is the highest grade.

 

[Astarael]

Do adcoms even care about an A+? If they do, when do they see it? Is it after your initial GPA is screened and they look at your transcript more closely?

Also, I have gotten a few, but I feel like the one I have in the humanities will not even matter to them. It irritates me because I worked extremely hard for all of my A+ and I feel like they wont be noticed or considered.

No, they won't care. Just like they don't care about any of the other individual grades that you got, unless you got D's or F's.

 

[13132]

u serious

Uh...yeah I am. When you work your ass off for an A+ when a professor offers it you naturally get curious whether it was for nothing or not.

 

[13132]

u serious

No, they won't care. Just like they don't care about any of the other individual grades that you got, unless you got D's or F's.

They don't care about individual grades?! I guess I was under the impression someone combed through your academic history haha

 

[Astarael]

They don't care about individual grades?! I guess I was under the impression someone combed through your academic history haha

The things that get noticed typically are trends, grades that don't fit with trends, and single grades that are really bad. The difference between an A and an A+ in an individual class, or even in a lot of classes, really isn't important.

 

[Lunasly]

I am pretty sure that the admission committee won't be intrigued by the small handful of A+'s that you received over the years, but more about how you did overall. So to answer your question: Will they care about your A+ in humanities? Probably not, but it will help you because your overall grade will be that much better.

 

[rhcarolina]

Do adcoms even care about an A+? If they do, when do they see it? Is it after your initial GPA is screened and they look at your transcript more closely?

Adcoms do not see A+'s as far as I know. AMCAS changes A+'s to A's, and the AMCAS version of transcript is the only one seen by Adcoms (correct me if I'm wrong).

 

[Frazier]

A+'s are eye candy.

With that said, they be callin' me the candy man.

 

[mauberley]

Adcoms do not see A+'s as far as I know. AMCAS changes A+'s to A's, and the AMCAS version of transcript is the only one seen by Adcoms (correct me if I'm wrong).

Your AMCAS application will list both the transcript grade and the AMCAS-standardized grade.

 

[13132]

Adcoms do not see A+'s as far as I know. AMCAS changes A+'s to A's, and the AMCAS version of transcript is the only one seen by Adcoms (correct me if I'm wrong).

Oh wow! I had no idea that happened. I would not have tried so hard all this time haha. I thought and A+ in molecular bio was going to count for something!

 

[13132]

Your AMCAS application will list both the transcript grade and the AMCAS-standardized grade.

Ah ok thanks for that. I didn't see this while I was posting. I guess I don't understand the point of them seeing both then...but oh well.

 

[2sk0ol4c0ol]

For Shame msquaredb, you should not be so candid with such ignorance. don't you know that if you get anything less than an A+ you won't be accepted into any allopathic med school, and three quarters of the osteopaths schools won't even look at your app!

 

[Blarry]

Oh wow! I had no idea that happened. I would not have tried so hard all this time haha. I thought and A+ in molecular bio was going to count for something!

sorry no one cares but if it strokes your ego all the better i guess.

 

[Tapepsi]

For Shame msquaredb, you should not be so candid with such ignorance. don't you know that if you get anything less than an A+ you won't be accepted into any allopathic med school, and three quarters of the osteopaths schools won't even look at your app!

Yeah A+'s don't mean anything as they will look at your AMCAS application and the highest letter grade is an A.

They have to keep the playing fields even since not every school offers an A+.

 

[13132]

sorry no one cares but if it strokes your ego all the better i guess.

Mmm hmm... that's what I'm here for. 👍

 

[rhcarolina]

Your AMCAS application will list both the transcript grade and the AMCAS-standardized grade.

The GPAs (BCPM and AO) are calculated with the AMCAS grades, though. I'm sure the AMCAS GPA is as far as most schools look for screening purposes.

 

[osumc2014]

A + means absolutely nothing, sorry life's not fair, there's schools where >90 = A, so that's just the way it is.

 

[mauberley]

The GPAs (BCPM and AO) are calculated with the AMCAS grades, though. I'm sure the AMCAS GPA is as far as most schools look for screening purposes.

For screening, sure. But the question was whether the A+ would appear anywhere on the application, and it will.

 

[yamaraja808]

Yeah A+'s don't mean anything as they will look at your AMCAS application and the highest letter grade is an A.

They have to keep the playing fields even since not every school offers an A+.

No, it is because the AMACAS factors in the grades based on the type of point system used by the college. Their is no college (that I know of) which has an A+ at a 4.3.

Universities under the 13 point system
A+/4.0 A/4.0 A-/3.7 B+/3.3 B/3.0 B-/2.7.....

Universities under the straight grading system
A/4.0 B/ 3.0 C/2.0 .......

 

[Tapepsi]

No, it is because the AMACAS factors in the grades based on the type of point system used by the college. Their is no college (that I know of) which has an A+ at a 4.3.

Universities under the 13 point system
A+/4.0 A/4.0 A-/3.7 B+/3.3 B/3.0 B-/2.7.....

Universities under the straight grading system
A/4.0 B/ 3.0 C/2.0 .......

Right I just meant that it wouldn't be fair to have the option of A+ on your AMCAS application (even if it still a 4.0) just because your school offered that grade whereas other schools didn't.

 

[boobelle]

No, they won't care. Just like they don't care about any of the other individual grades that you got, unless you got D's or F's.

...or Cs.

Uh...yeah I am. When you work your ass off for an A+ when a professor offers it you naturally get curious whether it was for nothing or not.

So much for learning for the sake of learning, eh?

 

[rhcarolina]

Their is no college (that I know of) which has an A+ at a 4.3

My university does, and it's fairly well-known.

 

[Sharpies]

Do adcoms even care about an A+? If they do, when do they see it? Is it after your initial GPA is screened and they look at your transcript more closely?

Also, I have gotten a few, but I feel like the one I have in the humanities will not even matter to them. It irritates me because I worked extremely hard for all of my A+ and I feel like they wont be noticed or considered.

I occasionally feel good for a good 1-2 min after I see an A+ on my transcript... then the moment passes, and I move on with my life. I don't think the + adds anything meaningful except a brief moment of personal happiness when you realize that all your hard work during the semester is actually recognized by someone else. Or like me, you may occasionally think "why the hell did I work so hard when I could have gotten an A without all the extra hours I put in doing mindless busy work..."

 

[ovenmitts]

This is kind of random, but in Ontario, an A is only a 3.9, not a 4.0. It's kind of annoying actually.

 

[13132]

...or Cs.



So much for learning for the sake of learning, eh?

The difference between an A+ and an A, in my experience, has not been the difference between learning more or less. Rather, it seems to be the difference between someone who knows the material and makes mistakes occasionally and someone who knows the material and never makes a mistake.

I didn't mean to sound like I don't care about learning. I guess I believe and A and A+ student both have "learned" the material only one doesn't make mistakes.

 

[Sharpies]

This is kind of random, but in Ontario, an A is only a 3.9, not a 4.0. It's kind of annoying actually.

According to the previous posts, the AAMC standardized GPA should account for that, right?

 

[ovenmitts]

According to the previous posts, the AAMC standardized GPA should account for that, right?

Sorry, I meant based on the OMSAS scale, an A would be a 3.9. I'm talking about IF someone were to apply to Ontario (I'm in Canada, so I probably would).

 

[wlee43]

a 89.99 and 80 means the same thing gpa wise for lots of schools. life's just not fair

 

[yamaraja808]

My university does, and it's fairly well-known.

Time for me to transfer there. LOL

 

[eli20]

The fact that A and A+ virtually always both count as 4.0's should tell you something about how people differentiate them.

 

[Narmerguy]

I'm glad there's no A+...people would feel obligated to compete for it to distinguish themselves and it would really both encourage unhealthy practices while also robbing many students of the freedom, etc of pursuing the college experience.

 

[studmuffin]

no!!!!!!!!!!! No!!!!!!!!!!! No!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Streicher]

They have to keep the playing fields even since not every school offers an A+.

If they were sincere about an even playing field, they wouldn't ask about your race.

 

[mauberley]

If they were sincere about an even playing field, they wouldn't ask about your race.

I see what you did there.

 

[StudyShy]

I see what you did there.

🤣

Heck in a lot of my undergraduate courses, <85=failing and a 92-95% was an A-. All it took was a few points taken off of a test/paper/anything and you're down to that dreaded minus. Thank goodness they didn't have an A+'s. No one would get it.