In college, are A-'s considered A's?

Question

So if someone has all A-'s, do they still say straight A's?

My college counts A-'s as 3.7's. I feel like im in some kind of limbo. What are they then?

I'm talking qualitatively here...

Answer 1

yep a a is a a if you have a 90 or a 100 it still counts as 4 grade points toward your gpa ( at most schools)

Answer 2

At my school, an A- is an A-, not an A, so it would be worth 3.7 instead of 4.0. But different schools do things differently. I know of at least one school that doesn't have grades at all (Hampshire College, in case you're curious).

Answer 3

You can tell people you got straight As. Different schools treat it differently in terms of your GPA. SOme will give you a 4.0 -- in which case you really can tell people you got As. Others will use 3.7 -- which will bring your GPA down from a 4.0. Still other schools don't have A- as a grade.

Answer 4

An A is worth 4 points where an A- is worth 3.67 points.