The discussion clarifies that in conventional GPA calculations, the actual percentage scores do not influence the GPA once letter grades are assigned. An A+ consistently equates to a 5.00, regardless of whether the percentage is 100 or 97. Therefore, both an A+ with a score of 100 and an A+ with a score of 97 yield the same GPA, as the GPA reflects only the letter grade and not the underlying percentage.
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Alex299792458 said:I looked at my report card and saw the g.p.a. was calculated with what letter grade you get(All AP A+ = 5.00, all AP A = 4.6666, all AP A- =4.3333, etc.) but g.p.a. stands for grade point average which is the score in your grade like a 94 is A, 97 is A+, 92 is A-, 71 is C-, etc. so if it averages out by points would a all 100's yield a higher g.p.a. than a all 97's even though there both a A+?