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

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm assuming that you're talking about for college applications, and that probably depends on the college. When someone says that you need all As to get into MIT, they probably don't mean that all A minuses is good enough. When someone says that you need all As to get into your state flagship, a few A minuses is probably ok

OP here. Not just asking for college applications.

When you say "My kid has straight A's", does that mean there are not A minuses?

Are you saying that including the A- depends on the context? And more so, if the context is college apps, it depends on the selectivity of the school?

See, I live a life where this information is not relevant to anyone, so I would not say this.

I believe (??) this post is a spin off of the post about what it takes to get into UVA. Someone said basically straight A’s, and someone wondered if that included A-‘s.

In that context, no, they are not the same. UVA is not going to accept your FCPS student with a 3.7 unweighted GPA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is A- considered an A?

It says A, right? What am I missing?

Do you not see the little minus sign next to the A? That is what you are missing. An A is an A. An A- is an A-. Straight A's means that you got only A's. If you got A's and A-'s, then you say that you got all A's and A-'s. Seems pretty simple to me.

Except if you go to a HS where a 90 is an A, you get to say I have all As. If you go to a HS where 92 is an A- then you have to say you didn't get all As. Doesn't make sense in all contexts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is A- considered an A?

It says A, right? What am I missing?

Do you not see the little minus sign next to the A? That is what you are missing. An A is an A. An A- is an A-. Straight A's means that you got only A's. If you got A's and A-'s, then you say that you got all A's and A-'s. Seems pretty simple to me.

Except if you go to a HS where a 90 is an A, you get to say I have all As. If you go to a HS where 92 is an A- then you have to say you didn't get all As. Doesn't make sense in all contexts.

Why doesn't it make sense? Some schools have different grading systems, and the grades are worth different amounts with regard to GPA. It is what it is...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm assuming that you're talking about for college applications, and that probably depends on the college. When someone says that you need all As to get into MIT, they probably don't mean that all A minuses is good enough. When someone says that you need all As to get into your state flagship, a few A minuses is probably ok

OP here. Not just asking for college applications.

When you say "My kid has straight A's", does that mean there are not A minuses?

Are you saying that including the A- depends on the context? And more so, if the context is college apps, it depends on the selectivity of the school?

See, I live a life where this information is not relevant to anyone, so I would not say this.

I believe (??) this post is a spin off of the post about what it takes to get into UVA. Someone said basically straight A’s, and someone wondered if that included A-‘s.

In that context, no, they are not the same. UVA is not going to accept your FCPS student with a 3.7 unweighted GPA.

Our high school district does not give minus/plus only straight letter grades. DD definitely works hard to squeak into the A zone but I can see how that would not feel fair to other students who have high A's.

[Anonymous]

An A- , A and A+ are all As.
If you are calculating GPA then you count it otherwise to get the exact number.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is A- considered an A?

It says A, right? What am I missing?

Do you not see the little minus sign next to the A? That is what you are missing. An A is an A. An A- is an A-. Straight A's means that you got only A's. If you got A's and A-'s, then you say that you got all A's and A-'s. Seems pretty simple to me.

Except if you go to a HS where a 90 is an A, you get to say I have all As. If you go to a HS where 92 is an A- then you have to say you didn't get all As. Doesn't make sense in all contexts.

Why doesn't it make sense? Some schools have different grading systems, and the grades are worth different amounts with regard to GPA. It is what it is...

Kid A has all 90s in all classes, has a 4.0 GPA and can say, I received all As in HS.
Kid B (in a HS that distinguishes between A and A-) has 99s in all but 2 classes where she scored a 92. She has a lower GPA and cannot say, I received all As in HS.

[Anonymous]

Omg. An A- is still and A. No one is going to say a B+ is not a B.

[Anonymous]

I strongly disagree with posters who say an A- is not an A.

Just because UVA or other colleges make that distinction upon seeing the transcript (as they should!), it does not change the fact that an A is an A, whatever the positive or negative sign that follows!

I'm constantly marveling at the lack of logic on DCUM. Surely you can separate two distinct events? Grading is not dependent on how colleges evaluate on a transcript. Grading stands by itself. What colleges do with it is their own business. If a student gets rejected from UVA because they had A- instead of A, it doesn't change the fact that they had As.

Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is A- considered an A?

It says A, right? What am I missing?

Do you not see the little minus sign next to the A? That is what you are missing. An A is an A. An A- is an A-. Straight A's means that you got only A's. If you got A's and A-'s, then you say that you got all A's and A-'s. Seems pretty simple to me.

Except if you go to a HS where a 90 is an A, you get to say I have all As. If you go to a HS where 92 is an A- then you have to say you didn't get all As. Doesn't make sense in all contexts.

Why doesn't it make sense? Some schools have different grading systems, and the grades are worth different amounts with regard to GPA. It is what it is...

Kid A has all 90s in all classes, has a 4.0 GPA and can say, I received all As in HS.
Kid B (in a HS that distinguishes between A and A-) has 99s in all but 2 classes where she scored a 92. She has a lower GPA and cannot say, I received all As in HS.

You can say whatever you want. I just happen to not agree with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is A- considered an A?

It says A, right? What am I missing?

Do you not see the little minus sign next to the A? That is what you are missing. An A is an A. An A- is an A-. Straight A's means that you got only A's. If you got A's and A-'s, then you say that you got all A's and A-'s. Seems pretty simple to me.

Except if you go to a HS where a 90 is an A, you get to say I have all As. If you go to a HS where 92 is an A- then you have to say you didn't get all As. Doesn't make sense in all contexts.

Why doesn't it make sense? Some schools have different grading systems, and the grades are worth different amounts with regard to GPA. It is what it is...

Kid A has all 90s in all classes, has a 4.0 GPA and can say, I received all As in HS.
Kid B (in a HS that distinguishes between A and A-) has 99s in all but 2 classes where she scored a 92. She has a lower GPA and cannot say, I received all As in HS.

I agree with you. Straight A's is a 4.0. My kid that has a mix of A and A- (at a school without A+) does not have straight As (except at University of California where they count A and A- the same!! )

[Anonymous]

I think stating "all As" is kind of dated. Don't kids just share GPA?

[Anonymous]

See, it depends what you mean by straight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is A- considered an A?

It says A, right? What am I missing?

Do you not see the little minus sign next to the A? That is what you are missing. An A is an A. An A- is an A-. Straight A's means that you got only A's. If you got A's and A-'s, then you say that you got all A's and A-'s. Seems pretty simple to me.

Except if you go to a HS where a 90 is an A, you get to say I have all As. If you go to a HS where 92 is an A- then you have to say you didn't get all As. Doesn't make sense in all contexts.

Why doesn't it make sense? Some schools have different grading systems, and the grades are worth different amounts with regard to GPA. It is what it is...

Kid A has all 90s in all classes, has a 4.0 GPA and can say, I received all As in HS.
Kid B (in a HS that distinguishes between A and A-) has 99s in all but 2 classes where she scored a 92. She has a lower GPA and cannot say, I received all As in HS.

I agree with you. Straight A's is a 4.0. My kid that has a mix of A and A- (at a school without A+) does not have straight As (except at University of California where they count A and A- the same!! )

I can't. A mix of As and A-s still contains ONLY As.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is A- considered an A?

It says A, right? What am I missing?

Do you not see the little minus sign next to the A? That is what you are missing. An A is an A. An A- is an A-. Straight A's means that you got only A's. If you got A's and A-'s, then you say that you got all A's and A-'s. Seems pretty simple to me.

Except if you go to a HS where a 90 is an A, you get to say I have all As. If you go to a HS where 92 is an A- then you have to say you didn't get all As. Doesn't make sense in all contexts.

Why doesn't it make sense? Some schools have different grading systems, and the grades are worth different amounts with regard to GPA. It is what it is...

Kid A has all 90s in all classes, has a 4.0 GPA and can say, I received all As in HS.
Kid B (in a HS that distinguishes between A and A-) has 99s in all but 2 classes where she scored a 92. She has a lower GPA and cannot say, I received all As in HS.

I agree with you. Straight A's is a 4.0. My kid that has a mix of A and A- (at a school without A+) does not have straight As (except at University of California where they count A and A- the same!! )

I can't. A mix of As and A-s still contains ONLY As.

Letter grades are now fluid, an A- can now identify as an A or B+.