What does "straight As" mean to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I consider it just As and A+s (if the school has them), no A-s.

This. My kid has A and A- grades and I've never considered that straight As. An A- is calculated as a 3.7.

Straight A's means straight "4.0's." If your school system counts an A- differently (as in, an A- is worth 3.7), then an A- is not an "A." This is not a hard concept to understand, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I consider it just As and A+s (if the school has them), no A-s.

This. My kid has A and A- grades and I've never considered that straight As. An A- is calculated as a 3.7.

Straight A's means straight "4.0's." If your school system counts an A- differently (as in, an A- is worth 3.7), then an A- is not an "A." This is not a hard concept to understand, right?

You quoted me to make the same point when I already had? I'm not confused here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I recently discovered that when my kids say someone has "straight As," it means that the student does not have any Bs or Cs (or Ds or Fs obviously), but a student with all "A-"s would still consider themselves a "straight A student." I always thought a "straight A" student had a 4.0 UW. Am I in the minority here?

No. Straight As means a 4.00 UW GPA. Our three kids are all straight A students. One at Harvard, one at Yale, and one at MIT. All full scholarships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently discovered that when my kids say someone has "straight As," it means that the student does not have any Bs or Cs (or Ds or Fs obviously), but a student with all "A-"s would still consider themselves a "straight A student." I always thought a "straight A" student had a 4.0 UW. Am I in the minority here?

No. Straight As means a 4.00 UW GPA. Our three kids are all straight A students. One at Harvard, one at Yale, and one at MIT. All full scholarships.

Is this being sarcastic again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid has no Bs of any sort but has some A minuses at a top private high school (Big3) and did not get into an ED ranked around 30 despite an otherwise very strong application. So colleges seem to want all As without the minuses.

When I threw a brown egg at the wall it cracked, so things that are brown must break easily.

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There is so much of this crazy logic fallacy on DCUM it’s insane. And you’ve nailed it here.

[Anonymous]

An A is an A is an A

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS doesn't have + or - . An A is an A, and honestly, that seems more logical than counting A and A+ as an A, but not A-. Where would be the logic of that? If you wanted to isolate the A and A+, instead of calling is straight As (which should include ALL types of As), you should refer to it as a 4+ gpa, because that's what it actually means.

It bugs me that people aren't accurate.

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A+ is not an A!
Straight As means all As. No A-, no A+.
Logic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS doesn't have + or - . An A is an A, and honestly, that seems more logical than counting A and A+ as an A, but not A-. Where would be the logic of that? If you wanted to isolate the A and A+, instead of calling is straight As (which should include ALL types of As), you should refer to it as a 4+ gpa, because that's what it actually means.

It bugs me that people aren't accurate.

A+ is not an A!
Straight As means all As. No A-, no A+.
Logic!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To me, it’s the highest grade possible in every class, be that an A or an A+. 4.0.

But I’m not in college admissions.

No in college admissions cares about this stupid question.

[Anonymous]

What do you consider gay As?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has no Bs of any sort but has some A minuses at a top private high school (Big3) and did not get into an ED ranked around 30 despite an otherwise very strong application. So colleges seem to want all As without the minuses.

It sounds like all your child had to offer was good grades. The rest of the application must have been mediocre to average.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I consider it just As and A+s (if the school has them), no A-s.

This. My kid has A and A- grades and I've never considered that straight As. An A- is calculated as a 3.7.

At many high schools and also some colleges(Brown!) an A- is calculated as a 4.0 just like an A and an A+. Straight A means all A type grades no matter the - or +

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has no Bs of any sort but has some A minuses at a top private high school (Big3) and did not get into an ED ranked around 30 despite an otherwise very strong application. So colleges seem to want all As without the minuses.

No. Your kid did not take hardest rigor classes. We know olenty of big3 students with A- and A in the hardest rigor courses who get into T10/ivy unhooked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I recently discovered that when my kids say someone has "straight As," it means that the student does not have any Bs or Cs (or Ds or Fs obviously), but a student with all "A-"s would still consider themselves a "straight A student." I always thought a "straight A" student had a 4.0 UW. Am I in the minority here?

No. Straight As means a 4.00 UW GPA. Our three kids are all straight A students. One at Harvard, one at Yale, and one at MIT. All full scholarships.

Those schools have no merit scholarships so for a full ride you have to have less than 170k income. It is pure need based at those places. You are a troll and do not have kids at those schools or you would be well aware of these facts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I consider it just As and A+s (if the school has them), no A-s.

This. My kid has A and A- grades and I've never considered that straight As. An A- is calculated as a 3.7.

At many high schools and also some colleges(Brown!) an A- is calculated as a 4.0 just like an A and an A+. Straight A means all A type grades no matter the - or +

While I'm aware that schools like the UCs and Stanford will recalculate this as a 4.0, it does still impact things like class rank if your school is like ours.