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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I'm assuming that you're talking about for college applications[/b], 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 [/quote]

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?

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What part of the letter grade do you not understand?!?

The sign is immaterial in the example you describe. Colleges can look at the transcript and see if it includes signs, or just letters, and will make their decision accordingly. But plenty of school districts just have the letter grade, not the signs.

So yes, "straight As" can mean A-, and/or A, and/or A+.

I swear, there are more idiots than ever on DCUM.
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