When you say straight A's, does that include A-?

[Anonymous]

My DD had 2 A-s in high school and the rest As. I would call her a straight A student but recognize that her GPA would be marginally higher if she had all regular As.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personally, I make a distinction between “all As” (which includes A minuses) and “straight As” (which does not), but understand I’m likely in the minority here.

my god

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting. Now first year college DD did not consider A- to be a straight A when in HS.

And she was correct.
The kids who had all As in her HS had straight As. She was below them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm my DD got all A- in college this semester and I wouldn't say it was all As. Guess that's just me.

Bs and Cs will come soon enough. Don't worry about it.

[Anonymous]

Ha! Well now we know. Grade inflation starts at home with parents of "straight A" kids who have A- grades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha! Well now we know. Grade inflation starts at home with parents of "straight A" kids who have A- grades.

What is it then? What letter do you want to call it?

[Anonymous]

"straight As" should mean all As, with no A-

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"straight As" should mean all As, with no A-

All A’s is an A-.
Hence the letter A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"straight As" should mean all As, with no A-

All A’s is an A-.
Hence the letter A.

Straight A’s means an unweighted 4.0. An A- = 3.7. When FCPS gives a 4.0 for an A-, then an A- will equal an A.

[Anonymous]

OP here.

This thread just goes to show are different our definitions are even when it looks so straightforward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm my DD got all A- in college this semester and I wouldn't say it was all As. Guess that's just me.

What?? You people are literally crazy. No wonder kids are so anxious and stressed out!!!

[Anonymous]

There's an "A" in A minus so yes.

However if you want to make the technical claim that a 4.0 GPA is tantamount to straight As then a 3.7 won't cut it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm my DD got all A- in college this semester and I wouldn't say it was all As. Guess that's just me.

What?? You people are literally crazy. No wonder kids are so anxious and stressed out!!!

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[Anonymous]

I wouldn't say straight A's with A- mixed in. But I wouldn't correct (or question) someone else who did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A- at my kid's college is a 3.67. For me it was a 3.7. Sucks. But they have A+ too which is like a 4.3.

At my kid's school A- is 3.7; no A+ bump though. I can see why, if a school makes the distinction between an A- and A for GPA, the kid might question if their A is "good enough." And, yeah, that sucks.