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Like many others my university doesn't have an A+ the highest point-wise you can get is a 4.0 unless you take graduate courses there you can get an A+ or higher than 4.0. The way they grade in my school is by multiplying the amount of credits the course is worth by the equivalent point conversion of your letter grade. and dividing by the amount of credits you take.
A 4.0
A- 3.7
B+ 3.3
B 3.0
B- 2.7 etc.
For example you have a class that is worth 3 credits and you get a B, and you have another class that is 4 credits and you get an A , so ((3 * 3.3)+(4*4)) and divide by 7, and you get your GPA as 3.7. Anyway I don't mind it, I’ve always had a similar +- system even in high school.
I think that the material you learn in a course would have to be standardized before you could use the percentage such as 88 or 94 etc. as a grade. The letter grades are a way to equalize, a number grade would be too specific, the same general class in a university differs from section to section in easiness and grading .
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