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Old 12-18-2010, 12:40 AM   #68
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger View Post
The 3.3 for a B+ and a 3.7 for an A- is the bane of not only my, but soooo many other people's existence though. The GPA #s don't move down equally with letter grades and it over-punishes people who get B+ and/or over-rewards people who get an A-.
B+ is technically a 3.33... and an A- is 3.6666...

They are just rounded off to get 3.3 and 3.7. When calculating, many schools (though I cannot say U of C does this, for certain) use this translation to find your precise GPA.
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