A+s and applying to Business School
Hey I haven’t found a concise answer online about A+s. I have 10 A+s on my college transcript and my school considers them a 4.3 GPA. I know that law schools considers A+s to be a 4.33 GPA in their calculation of UG GPA.
Will business schools consider my A+ a 4.3 gpa if my college does?
there is 0% chance you are going to a good school if they have grading that gives 4.3 gpa grades on a 4.0 scale.
However, I would not say anything and just list your total GPA. WIll be hilarious if you get away with it
Lmao. I went to an Ivy League
Harvard, Yale, Princeton grads: “I went to HYP”
Penn grads: “I went to Wharton”
Cornell, brown, Columbia, Dartmouth students: “I went to an Ivy”
Google shows that Cornell, Stanford and Columbia do A+ and weigh them as 4.3s. That’s a pretty solid group of schools...
I heard from a bumble bee that Princeton gives A+s. But I don’t think they are considered 4.3 gpa.
At Duke, we had A+, but it was also 4.00. A+ and A were no different for your GPA, but A+ shows commitment to subject, which Grad Schools and even some companies appreciate
Business school isn't really about grades beyond a certain point. Either way you'll check off the box on GPA. What you have to work on next is the work experience and extracurriculars.
GPA isn't really a 'check off the box' kind of thing for applying to B school. Either you have a good GPA or you don't. If you don't have a good GPA, you have to get a good score on the GRE/GMAT and have good recommendations. She hasn't said anywhere on this thread if she has a good cumulative GPA or not.
You literally just proved my point lol
I mean A+ is 97+%. To get a 97 you basically have to be a perfectionist tbh so I really doubt she crashed in her other classes.
What's generally considered a good GPA for a top tier bschool? Above 3.75 (assuming undergrad was at a target)?
To answer Op’s question (admitted to b school; went to school with 4.3 grading if A+) I would put your GPA on a true 4.0 scale, so remove the A+ effect, for both your resume and your application. Leave your unofficial transcript as is (obviously). Optionally in the additional information section you can add a note that explains it as well.
From my understanding, my resume gpa reflects what is on my transcript. On the actual application section - it depends if they have a conversion chart that all applicants universally use. If there isn’t one - then I assume I include my gpa that appears on my transcript unless there’s a universal conversion chart that must be followed (like how there is for law school applications).
You'll have to report the scale (e.g., 4.05/4.30). If you had to do a conversion, it would likely be using a 4.0 scale. I'd assume A+ (4.3) grades would just get converted to 4.0s.
Don't listen to people here lol, list it out of 4.0 not 4.3 because 4.3s are typically very rare / reserved for the top 1% of performers in class and many classes they don't even give out 4.3. Our career center used to say to use 4.0.
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