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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous[b]]Colleges have A- themselves.[/b][/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]Guess what? [b]The college your kid attends[/b] is going to have + and - and your kid can end up with a 3.7 GPA. That is how grading works.

It sounds like your child has been getting A-s on enough of their work that they have earned an A-, it is a good grade. Your child can ask their teacher what they need to do to raise their grade so that they have an A, it probably is not that much of a difference.[/quote]
Maybe [b]most[/b] colleges do....but not always. DC is at a college that does not. A quick search found that [i]most[/i] probably do (UVA, VT, UNC, Mich, UTK, UT, etc) but there are more than a few who don't at all (like [url=https://bulletin.auburn.edu/Policies/Academic/grades/]Auburn[/url] or [url=https://bulletin.vcu.edu/academic-regs/university/grading/]VCU[/url]) and some, like [url=https://studentservices.ncsu.edu/academics/grading/grading/#grading-scale]my alma mater/NCSU[/url] even gives A+ (now! neither +/- in engineering when I was there way-back-when).

If there's one thing I've learned from DCUM is that....you can't presume [i]everyone[/i] does it like you do, especially when it comes to schools and school policies.

As for the actual OP, I'm kinda with ya. If you're gonna use the so-called 10-point scale. 90-100 is an A. Otherwise, it some flavor of a different scale.

As for a PP who suggested just reporting the scores, that's a whole other discussion. DC's roommate is from just a HS and to hear the stories of just how cut-throat grading was...is outright sad. If you think pressure to get a 4.0/A is bad....try having to get as close to 100 as possible. DC has spent this year convincing the roomie to concentrate on the classes where they're borderline and that a '93' or '94' (average) is more than good enough. Just make sure the 90/1 doesn't drift down to 80-something. Time/effort management at its best![/quote]

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