So I ended up with a bit lower GPA at Liberty than I wanted. For some reason they count a B- as 2.6 and so you can end up with all A's and B's and still end up with a GPA below 3.0. Kind of sucks because I had no idea they did this. I looked around at other schools and it seems they all counted a B- as 3.0. What the norm on this? Is a B- a 3.0 or a 2.6?
If A=4.0 and B=3.0 and C=2.0 then a B- must be less than 3.0 or else the minus(-) is meaningless. You could argue that a B- could be a 2.7, a 2.8 or even a 2.9 but it seems to me that it has to be <3.0
My graduate school used + and - as well. Since I *just* hit an A- in a course that I was sure I was getting a B in, it worked to my advantage. Raising GPA is very hard and takes a lot of time and money. My advice is to just do your best and keep plugging away.
Here's how my school's have always done it and I thought it was the norm everywhere. A 4.0 A- 3.67 B+ 3.33 B 3.0 B- 2.67 C+ 2.33 C 2.0 D 1.0 F 0
It looks easier until you find out that in the UK, getting a paper marked at 70% or above is as rare as hen's teeth.
That is the exact reason I dropped the UofL extension BDIv degree. I was straight up told good luck passing written exams.
I read the same thing about the U of London's extension LLB. A number of articles and blogs said that people signed up and found passing (exams) VERY difficult. Not for the faint hearted or mildly academic.
Could you post what all grades coorelate to? I'm curious cause what you're saying just doesn't make sense to me. The same I posted is the most logical.
This is the scale just for the Rawlings School of Divinity...you can do the math. Liberty has a handy dandy GPA calculator that lets you put in your grade and it pops out a GPA no math needed...seeing how we're theologians and all.
I've only ever seen systems where there are letter grades without pluses and minuses or where there are pluses and minuses and minuses take you below 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, etc. Many graduate programs count a B- as a fail.
I think if you look at the number of total points to get to the B- minus in the SOD you will see what I mean. You can get an 86, which is a B- and end up with a 2.6. You could get a 89.9 and still end up with a B which is a 2.8. SO, technical the only way to earn a 3.0 GPA is to have a 92%+ grade in every course. Which is extremely difficult seeing how in my last course Genesis my professor said no one makes an A, its almost impossible.
So I went to a bunch of university websites and the majority seem to use this standard scale. http://lsinfo.byu.edu/sites/default/files/images/other/sgs2.png http://www.nypolisci.org/files/Poli%201%20images/Grading_Scale.png https://image.slidesharecdn.com/dillarduniversitystudentpolicies2010-2011-110105131742-phpapp02/95/dillard-university-student-policies-fy2010-2011-2-728.jpg?cb=1294234410 http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/cunyfirst/repository/files/GradeRostermemoSum13.pdf I find it interesting that this all can flux so much.
I took a few courses at Amberton and was told they don't use +/- even if a course instructor does. So I earned a B+ in my course, per my instructor. On my transcript it says "B." Got an A-? It's an A. It was one of the few problems I found with that school though it only really affects you, I'd imagine, if you transferred those credits elsewhere or if you were applying for admission to a competitive program with a degree from them. A long list of B's looks far less impressive than a long list of B+'s.
