GPA for Grad School Admissions: How Important?

[Miviato]

How important is your GPA for grad school admissions? I study in a very competitive college (top 3 in physics) and, for most classes, even though grade inflation exists, getting an A+ can be extremely hard (top 5%) and require substantially more work than getting an A (which isn't that hard). Do grad school admissions actually care if I have a lot of A+ in my transcript? Or is it just how I have read: the GPA is just a threshold, and the difference between A and A+ will not make any difference in my overall application?
Appreciate your inputs!

 

[Choppy]

Or is it just how I have read: the GPA is just a threshold, and the difference between A and A+ will not make any difference in my overall application?
Appreciate your inputs!

Where did you read that?

Let's say you have fifty applicants and five spots and a limited amount of time. How are you going to decide which applicants to make an offer to?

 

[Jorriss]

Where did you read that?

Let's say you have fifty applicants and five spots and a limited amount of time. How are you going to decide which applicants to make an offer to?

Letters of rec, research, personal statement I would imagine are all worth far more than the difference between A and A+.