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Is it true that A+'s
Started by dentdavis
I believe that is true, have seen quite a few reputable posters acknowledge it as a fact.
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NAVY DDS 2010
Instead of just taking the word of "a few reputable posters", here is the link to the ADEA website explaining the calculations:
http://www.adea.org/dental_educatio...tructions/Documents/2011 GPA Calculations.pdf
Yes, A+ is 4.333, but here is the proof.
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it is true here is the link from aadsas website FAQ about gpa calculations:
http://www.adea.org/dental_educatio...tructions/Documents/2011 GPA Calculations.pdf
http://www.adea.org/dental_educatio...tructions/Documents/2011 GPA Calculations.pdf
Cool, you had a link. Guess I was right to trust the reputable posters though, eh?
What colleges assign A+'s? How odd.
wish my school gave out A+s!!! my mom always asks me soo....did you get an A+ on your test?? howd your test go? u get an A+??
i think ive explained to her a dozen times theres no A+ , she doesn't seem to want to get it though.........
i wish they existed so i could finally say YES MOM i got a freakin A+
i dunno what school gives those out i thought they only existed in highschool
i think ive explained to her a dozen times theres no A+ , she doesn't seem to want to get it though.........
i wish they existed so i could finally say YES MOM i got a freakin A+
i dunno what school gives those out i thought they only existed in highschool
Yeah. It stinks. I'm not sure why some schools offer them. I would have gotten a couple if they offered them here. 🙁 Oh well.
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Just doesn't make sense why they would count as 4.3 when it is clearly known that not every school offers them, thus making it an obvious advantage for those who attend schools that offer A+.
I don't see why they just aren't counted as 4.0 at least in the eyes of dental school admissions.
It's good and bad. At my undergrad you need a 97%+ in order to get an A+ and yes it is a 4.333. However, from 90-92.9% is A- and it's 3.666 which sucks. I'm not sure how other schools are but it really sucks to get a 92% in a class and not get the 4.0. For one of my classes I had a 92.7 and my instructor wouldn't bump it 0.3% to get the A. 0.3% made the difference between a 4.0 and 3.6..
On the other hand, it's kinda nice to get an 87% and get a little more than just a 3.0 for that class.
97%+---->A+=4.333
93-96.9-->A=4.0
90-92.9-->A-=3.666
87-89.9-->B+=3.33
83-86.9-->B=3.0
80-82.9-->B-=2.666 and so on
Also AADSAS calculates your GPA with +/- and without the +/-. They try to make it as fair as possible for everybody.
On the other hand, it's kinda nice to get an 87% and get a little more than just a 3.0 for that class.
97%+---->A+=4.333
93-96.9-->A=4.0
90-92.9-->A-=3.666
87-89.9-->B+=3.33
83-86.9-->B=3.0
80-82.9-->B-=2.666 and so on
Also AADSAS calculates your GPA with +/- and without the +/-. They try to make it as fair as possible for everybody.
My school doesn't give A+ and a 90%-93% is considered an A- (anything above 93%, like 93.5% etc, is up to the teacher's discretion on what to give).
The argument is that at most schools 93-100 is an A which is a 4.0 and a 90-93 is an A- which is a 3.666. It's not arguing about +/- it's arguing that even on a +/- system there is no A+ to balance out the A- for most schools.
Like I said, I don't know how other schools work. I was just trying to explain how it works at my school. I wasn't aware that schools offered A- but not A+. In that case it would be a disadvantage not to be able to balance for the A-. Hopefully it won't make much of a difference at the time of applying though.
and some schools offer an A+, but it still only counts as a 4.0
It's more so a mix. The school has to allow it before the professors will.
