<p>It doesn’t scale proportionally: except for an “F” grade, the numerical “value” of any letter grade is simply 1 higher at MIT. So a 4.0 at MIT is a 3.0 elsewhere. <a href=“http://web.mit.edu/registrar/gpacalc.html[/url]”>http://web.mit.edu/registrar/gpacalc.html</a></p>
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Really? It still takes me a while for me to register that someone not from MIT with a 4.0 is not a mediocre student. :P</p>