to poeple who go to school with A+, A, and A- etc

at my school +/- varies the grade points by +/- 0.3 (e.g. an A- is 3.7 and B+ is 3.3) --- with the exception of A+ which is still assigned 4.0 points - so it shows on the transcript but computes into the GPA like a plain A.

 

Our school uses a +/- scale, but A is 4.0 so most profs do not give A- since they cannot give an A+ for gpa purposes. Doesn't really make much sense and probably makes little difference in the grand scheme of things, but it is strange. Any schools handle it differently?

 

A = 4.0
A- = 3.7

there was no such thing as an A+ as far as i know. most profs didn't give too many A's, but an A- wasn't too hard to get providing you worked hard.

 

our school used to have A+s as 4.3 but about 3 years ago it got changed so that now A+s are still only 4.0 and show up as A* (called "A with distinction") on our transcripts. i know, what a crock of bull, right? it's all part of fighting the war against grade inflation.

 

At Miami, both A+ and A are calculated as 4.0 but it kinda suxs because an A+ does nothing to raise your GPA but a B+certainly lowers it.

 

At my school, A = 4.0, B+ = 3.5, B= 3.0 etc. We have no -'s.

 

At UCSD..

A+ = 4.0
A = 4.0
A- = 3.7

B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0

 

At my school:

A+ = 98-100 = 4.0
A = 93-97 = 4.0
A- = 90-92 = 3.67
B+ = 88-89 = 3.33
B = 83-87 = 3.00 etc.

 

Most classes are curved. Those that aren't (usually smaller classes) follow this formula:
A = 4.0 = 92-100
A/B = 3.5 = 88-91.9
B = 3.0 = 82-87.9
B/C 2.5 = 78-81.9
C 2.0 = 72-77.9
D 1.0 = 62-71.9
F = 0 = 0-61.9

 

It seems like Columbia is one of the few schools at which an

A+ = 4.3

However, VERY, VERY few professors give out these grades and in order to get one from a professor who does give them out, you basically have to rank 1st out of at least 100 students.

Also, it doesn't really matter that our A+s = 4.3 b/c AMCAS calculates it as 4.0

 

At my school:

A 4.0
A- 3.67
B 3.0


I don't know what a B+ is; I've never gotten one, but there are no A+ s.

 

B+ at Scranton was 3.33. Don't know how common this is at other schools though.

 

Just a quick question, my school is set up like liverpoolufmd08's, we have no -'s.

A = 4
B+=3.5
B=3

and so forth... Is AMCAS gonna count my B+ as 3.3 and bring down my average, even though we don't have A-? I'm gonna get screwed here aren't I......?

Geoff

 

i think it's like this at most schools. a minus grade is also .67 rather than .7, but they report to only 1 digit after the decimal on most transcript.

 

my schools has the A- at 3.7, but no A+ either, although there are B+ C+ etc..............This +/- is useless

 

This scale totally sucks, some classes just need to have the regular

90-100 A
80-90 B
70-80 C

Like physics and calculus, mann, who wants a B+ for all of those hours that u put in...not me..

On the same token, I have gotten a few 89.3 that just make me sooo mad..why do profs do that..and still give u the B

 

my school, Colgate, also gives a 4.33 for an A+. i had no idea though how few schools actually do this. an A+ is extremely rare though as few professors actually give them out unless someone has gone far and above what is expected in class.

 

At Baylor (undergraduate),

Grade points are given as follows:

A=4.0
B+=3.5
B=3.0
C+=2.5
C=2.0
D=1.0
F=0.0

 

at Duke undergrad its like most the rest:

A+/A = 4
A-= 3.7
B+= 3.3
B= 3
B-=2.7

etc

 

My friend says at Vanderbilt :

4 - A and A+
3.7 - A-
3.3 - B+
3.0 - B