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University of South Florida-Tampa
I know that I have heard plenty of my classmates complain about our plus/minus system. I think we've had it since 2000, which is the year I started college, so by now I'm used to it. The only time it really frustrates me is when I get an A-, this causes you to lose .33 of a GPA point per credit hour. Basically, for a three credit class, you lose .99 of a GPA point total. This really sucks, because in my book, and A is an A and should not cost you an entire GPA point, which can really make or break some students.
Most of my professors have found ways around this...for example some (God bless 'em) refuse to use the minus grades at all...so you only have regular or pluses. Or my personal favorite, they base everything on points, then assign a letter grade based on how many points you've earned over the semester. This tends to work in the students' favor.
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