Grading Policy?

[alum]

I'm just curious about college and university grading policy. My alma mater and H's grad school had straight letter grades without modifiers. My D's school and my H's undergrad used letter grades with +'s and -'s. MIT is all pass/fail the freshmen year and the registrar doesn't calculate modifiers in the GPA.

Not that you can change your college policy but does anyone have a preference?

[jubilance1922]

My undergrad used + and -, while my grad school didn't. I prefer the + and - system, but both have pros and cons.

[Senusret I]

I would prefer a re-calibrated "+ -" system in which a B- was a 3.0.

My GPA woulda been SOOOOOO MUCH better that way!

[KSUViolet06]

My school (Kent State) switched from straight letter grades to plus/minus while I was still in school, so I've experienced both.

I prefer straight letter grades, for one reason: if you have all A's, you have a 4.0.

[Munchkin03]

Undergrad: A/B/C/No Credit or Pass/Fail
Columbia Architecture: High Pass/Pass/Low Pass/Fail. No letter grades, no GPAs.

[GeekyPenguin]

1st UG: letter grades with +/-
2nd UG: A, AB, B, BC, C, CD, D, F
Law school: letter grades with +/-

I hate the way our law school does it only because the other 3 in town have an A=4.3 and an A-=4.0, and at our school an A is a 4.0 and an A- is a 3.7.

[Drolefille]

Undergrad: Started out just +'s (A, B+, B, C+ etc.) although some schools used -'s too. The entire university transitioned to +/- partway through my time there.
Grad: +/-

No A+ at either.

[AUDeltaGam]

Undergrad: A, B, C, D, F
Grad: A, B+, B, C