<p>No, Duke grades on a 4.0 scales for all 8 semesters. </p>
<p>Depending on how you look at that though, it could be good or bad. Bad as in if you didn’t adjust well first semester, it could really come back and bite you in the a$$. Good in that if you did, then there are more good grades in there to average out bad ones later on in cumulative GPA calculations and AMCAS GPA calculations.</p>