GPA confusion

[SAEalumnus]

Originally Posted by IlovemyAKA

The school I currently attend does + and - grades. It's new to me. My alma mater (undergraduate) didn't calculate grades this way.

My experience has been the reverse. My undergraduate institution did +/- grades (A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, etc.), but my grad school does regular letters only.

[AGDee]

Either way, it seems mathematically impossible that a higher GPA for a term would lower your cumulative GPA. I'd go to the records office for an explanation. Perhaps they changed how they are counting your transfer GPA.