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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 11 points 3 days ago (3 children)

MIT has a gpa scale that goes to 5?

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, for some reason they count A as 5.0 instead of 4.0.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 7 points 2 days ago

I'll make my own university and turn the GPA up to 11. And with blackjack and hookers.

[–] MeThisGuy@feddit.nl 5 points 2 days ago

makes em feel smarter

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey, don't poke holes in these undisputable "facts"!

How dare you.

I actually have no idea and I don't even live in the USA and I've never heard of this person before now so I have no idea what I'm actually talking about.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 7 points 2 days ago

GPA scales make no sense here, but usually the top varies somewhere between 4.0 and 5.0.

At the university I went to, I believe it went to 4.0 with honors, but I only knew one person who got remotely close to that. Honors was a separate process where they make you miserable in your last two years for no discernable benefit.

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

This triggered my shitpost Spidey senses. But what do I know. I never studied in the US.