to community college students..

frrrph
Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:42:42 +0000

Yes, De Anza uses +/-grading. However, and it’s a very frustrating however, an A+ does not raise your GPA - so some professors choose to simply not have an A+ bracket, even if you are at a 100%.

For me and others who expect a lot of themselves this has meant that A+ work that gets an A, and is then put alongside A+ for classes with professors who use it, look like I did less well.

It’s a petty thing to worry about, I know, I know. But it’s a little frustrating. The bigger problem is that drives up ridiculous competitiveness and makes it harder to get competitive transfer grades. Since I’m very critical of the concept of grades as it is today, in general, I think this has been a very negative reform overall. Being able to have nuance comes at the cost of dropping some kids down a category over a few negligable points here and there. It’s ridiculous.