If you get an A- do you still have a 4.0 GPA???

Question

if you have an A+, A+, A+ , A, A+, A-. WHat would be your GPA??

Answer 1

College (all accredited) operating on the 4 point system are the following (If you apply to college you have to convert your HS grades to this. If you applying to grad school, you have to convert your college grades to this):

A+___4.0
A____4.0
A- ___3.7
B+___3.3
B____3.0
B- ___2.7
C+___2.3
C____2.0
C- ___1.7
D+___1.3
D____1.0

It is NOT TRUE than all A's are equal. An A- in a class is a 3.7.

Answer 2

I think this answer really depends on what type of institution you are calculating your GPA for and how many units each class you are taking is.

I'll give you an example of how it is calculated in the UC system. (note: I have no idea how to calculate high school GPA's since I believe A+ are worth more than 4.0)

Each letter grade corresponds to a point value shown below:

A+ = 4.0
A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C- = 1.7
D+ = 1.3
D = 1.0
D- = 0.7
F = 0

Let's say I take 4 classes, each worth 4 units. I get a A, B, C and D in them.

The calculation would be as follows:
(4*4)+(4*3)+(4*2)+(4*1) = 40

You took 4 classes worth 4 units each = 16

So it's 40/16 = 2.5

Thus, your GPA is 2.5.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

When I was in college, they went from just the normal grading systme to the plus/minus system. There was no A+, but starting with an A...

A = 4.00
A- = 3.67
B+ = 3.33
B = 3.00

and so on. So if your system is anything like mine was, no you no longer will have a 4.0.

My graduate degree (different school) was the same way. I got 10 A's and 1 A- and did not graduate with a 4.00.

Answer 4

In college an A+ is typically considered a 4.0. An A- would be considered a 3.7. If you have four A+'s (recorded as 4.0), one A (recorded as 4.0) and one A- (recorded as 3.7) that would average out to be a 3.95 GPA.

(4.0 + 4.0 + 4.0 + 4.0 + 4.0 + 3.7)/6 = 3.95

Answer 5

Still would be a 4.0, regardless of if you have an A- or A+ that A still represents four points.

Answer 6

Depends on the school. At a lot of colleges and universities that give A- grades, the A- is valued at 3.5. (Most of them who do this also give B- grades with a value of 2.5.)
Good luck!

Answer 7

I'm pretty sure that would still be a 4.0, unless your high school does things very differently than mine. The scale, weighting aside, should look something like:

A: 4.0
B: 3.0
C: 2.0

Et cetera. A-'s and A+'s are just A's.

Answer 8

The bigger question is:
Why not have uniform standards from accredidation organizations to ensure that either all universities award A+'s, or none do?
Mine didn't.

Answer 9

i believe any average of A is a 4.0

Answer 10

yes, it still would be a 4.0.