Percentage grade equivalent

mom2collegekids
Thu, 05 May 2011 00:03:49 +0000

*Each professor has their own grading scale, so for example, a 90 could be an A in one class *

Absolutely…a prof can curve however he/she wants.

And, no matter how many A+'s you get, your Bama transcript will never be higher than a 4.0.

As an aside…if your child is pre-med, note that AMCAS (the clearinghouse where all non-Texas med school apps go thru) recalculates all GPAs… Texas has their own clearinghouse for Texas-only med schools.

A+ and A’s are the same
A- are 3.7

But… B+ and C+ are given the bonus.

That said, even if a student only has one A-…and the rest A+ and A…the student won’t have a 4.0 once recalculated thru AMCAS.

this can be shocking for pre-med students who might think that their A-'s are ok because they’re balanced with A+'s. It can be shocking to have a 4.0 at your college, but then end up with a 3.8 (or whatever) once recalculated with AMCAS