Whoa! hold on a second.

[hon abe lin]

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My brother seems convinced that he earns more than 4.0 quality points for an A+ at Columbia. Is this true at other schools as well? Is it possible to earn higher than a 4.0 GPA? If so, how do med schools compare schools in which it is possible to earn a GPA over 4.0 to those at which the benefits of hard work end at 4.0?

 

[Pinkertinkle]

My brother seems convinced that he earns more than 4.0 quality points for an A+ at Columbia. Is this true at other schools as well? Is it possible to earn higher than a 4.0 GPA? If so, how do med schools compare schools in which it is possible to earn a GPA over 4.0 to those at which the benefits of hard work end at 4.0?

A+'s get turned into regular ol A's on AMCAS. They are only visually pleasing.

 

[goheel]

I don't know how A+ works at other schools, but at my school, A+ counts as 4.33. With that said, you can't get higher than a 4.0 GPA at my school. The A+ is only used to make up your lesser-than-A grades. For example, and A- and A+ will average out to be 4.0, but if you have straight A+, you still have a 4.0 GPA.

 

[Law2Doc]

I don't know how A+ works at other schools, but at my school, A+ counts as 4.33. With that said, you can't get higher than a 4.0 GPA at my school. The A+ is only used to make up your lesser-than-A grades. For example, and A- and A+ will average out to be 4.0, but if you have straight A+, you still have a 4.0 GPA.

I've also been to a school where the A+ was also a 4.33 used to balance out lower grades, but as stated by a prior poster, this distinction is eliminated by AMCAS when computing your GPA. Thus your GPA as computed by AMCAS will drop (as compared to your school's computed GPA) if you got A+'s... Too bad.

 

[Pinkertinkle]

AMCAS doesn't care how each particular school works. To AMCAS A+=4.0, A= 4.0, A-=3.7, etc... and that's how the GPA on your application will be determined. The one calculated by your school is irrelevant.

 

[UCLAstudent]

A+ = 4.0 at my school. Those of you who get 4.33 make me feel deprived! 😉 It's all the same to AMCAS, though.

 

[mcjay]

An A+ =ing more than a 4.0 is the biggest BS I have ever heard. I went to a top rated party school and we don't even do that. AMCAS: 4+ = 4.0 bc this isnt high school or prep school yet. 👍

 

[Cerberus]

A+ = 4.0 on AMCAS

 

[faradayampere]

I'm so mad about the rule that A+ = A ... why do we get penalized for getting A-, but do not get any reward for getting A+???? I know that at Berkeley, professors give out only 2,3 A+'s for each class (out of hundreds students) .... oh well, we have to deal with it ...