Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 18:17     Subject: Re:When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
An A- , A and A+ are all As.
If you are calculating GPA then you count it otherwise to get the exact number.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 18:15     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
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
Post 01/12/2023 18:08     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
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...
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 17:58     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 16:58     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 16:53     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 16:27     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Jesus Christ.


I get he never got an A-.


bet not get
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 16:26     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
Anonymous wrote:Jesus Christ.


I get he never got an A-.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 16:09     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
Anonymous wrote:"straight As" should mean all As, with no A-


And no A+'s right?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 16:08     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
Anonymous wrote:Is A- considered an A?



It says A, right? What am I missing?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 16:07     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 16:03     Subject: Re:When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
Why would you ever need to say “straight A’s”?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 16:01     Subject: Re:When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
My son recently informed me that while all C’s, do you get degrees all C minuses do not get degrees.
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 15:59     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
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.


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


Why do you say that?
Anonymous
Post 01/12/2023 15:51     Subject: When you say straight A's, does that include A-?
If you only got A minuses, I would say you have straight A minuses. So I would only say straight As for all As with no A minuses.