How challenging are Barnard's classes compared to Columbia's?

calmom
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:15:16 +0000

It seems odd that an A- can pull your grade down



Basic math. If you have a 3.8 GPA than a grade of 3.7 (A-) is going to bring the GPA down.

It’s not much different than weighted grades in high school, where an A in an unweighted class (4.0) is actually bringing down the overall GPA – assuming that the student has the option of taking a weighted class (potential 5.0, or whatever higher value is assigned by the weighting system) in its place.