Grades Calculator

I'm reading through McGraw Hill Learn To Program With C++ and in the book we are making a Grades Calculator. Everything works fine till I try and add the while loop so I can use the program to grade multiple students. It all works and evaluates to true in the expression, but for some reason when it prompts the user to enter a student, it skips it and goes to the error and closes the program. If anyone could take a look at it, I'd appreciate it!

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// Grades.cpp 

#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <string>
using namespace std;


int main(){
	const float ENGLISH_MIDTERM_PERCENTAGE = .25;
	const float ENGLISH_FINALEXAM_PERCENTAGE = .25;
	const float ENGLISH_RESEARCH_PERCENTAGE = .30;
	const float ENGLISH_PRESENTATION_PERCENTAGE = .20;
	const float MATH_MIDTERM_PERCENTAGE = .5F;
	const float MATH_FINALEXAM_PERCENTAGE = .50;
	const float SCIENCE_MIDTERM_PERCENTAGE = .40;
	const float SCIENCE_FINALEXAM_PERCENTAGE = .40;
	const float SCIENCE_RESEARCH_PERCENTAGE = .20;
	int midterm = 0;
	int finalExamGrade = 0;
	int research = 0;
	int presentation = 0;
	float finalNumericGrade = 0;
	char finalLetterGrade;
	char response[256];
	string moreGradesToCalculate;

	cout << "Would you like to calculate a grade? ";
	cin >> moreGradesToCalculate;

	for (int i = 0; i < moreGradesToCalculate.length(); i++){
		moreGradesToCalculate[i] = toupper(moreGradesToCalculate[i]);
	}

	while (moreGradesToCalculate == "YES"){

	//What type of student are we calculating?
	cout << "Enter student type (1=English, 2=Math, 3=Science): "; //This is where it is messing up for me and goes into the "You must select a Student Type
	cin.getline(response,256);

	if (strlen(response) == 0){
		cout << "You must select a Student Type";
		_getch(); //Will need removed before project is finished!
		return 1;
	}

	if ((atoi(response) < 1) || (atoi(response) > 3)){
		cout << response << " - is not a valid Student Type.";
		_getch(); //Will need removed before project is finished!
		return 1;
	}

	//Student Type is valid, now let's calculate the grade
	switch(atoi(response)){
	//Case 1 is English Student
	case 1:
		cout << "Enter the Midterm Grade: ";
		cin.getline(response,256);
		midterm = atoi(response);
		cout << "Enter the Final Examination Grade: ";
		cin.getline(response,256);
		finalExamGrade = atoi(response);
		cout << "Enter the Research Grade: ";
		cin.getline(response,256);
		research = atoi(response);
		cout << "Enter the Presentation Grade: ";
		cin.getline(response, 256);
		presentation = atoi(response);
		finalNumericGrade = (midterm * ENGLISH_MIDTERM_PERCENTAGE) + 
							(finalExamGrade * ENGLISH_FINALEXAM_PERCENTAGE) + 
							(research * ENGLISH_RESEARCH_PERCENTAGE) + 
							(presentation * ENGLISH_PRESENTATION_PERCENTAGE);
		if (finalNumericGrade >= 93)
			finalLetterGrade = 'A';
		else if ((finalNumericGrade >= 85) && (finalNumericGrade < 93))
			finalLetterGrade = 'B';
		else if ((finalNumericGrade >= 78) && (finalNumericGrade < 85))
			finalLetterGrade = 'C';
		else if ((finalNumericGrade >= 70) && (finalNumericGrade < 78))
			finalLetterGrade = 'D';
		else if (finalNumericGrade < 70)
			finalLetterGrade = 'F';
		cout << endl;
		cout << "*** ENGLISH STUDENT ***" << endl << endl;
		cout << "Midterm grade is: " << midterm << endl;
		cout << "Final grade is: " << finalExamGrade << endl;
		cout << "Research grade is: " << research << endl;
		cout << "Presentation grade is: " << presentation << endl;
		cout << "Final Numeric Grade is: " << finalNumericGrade << endl;
		cout << "Final Letter Grade is: " << finalLetterGrade;
		break;
	//Case 2 is Math Student
	case 2:
		cout << "Enter Midterm grade: ";
		cin.getline(response,256);
		midterm = atoi(response);
		cout << "Enter Final Exam grade: ";
		cin.getline(response,256);
		finalExamGrade = atoi(response);
		finalNumericGrade = (midterm * MATH_MIDTERM_PERCENTAGE) + 
							(finalExamGrade * MATH_FINALEXAM_PERCENTAGE);
		if (finalNumericGrade > 90)
			finalLetterGrade = 'A';
		else if ((finalNumericGrade >= 83) && (finalNumericGrade < 90))
			finalLetterGrade = 'B';
		else if ((finalNumericGrade >= 76) && (finalNumericGrade < 83))
			finalLetterGrade = 'C';
		else if ((finalNumericGrade >= 65) && (finalNumericGrade < 76))
			finalLetterGrade = 'D';
		else if (finalNumericGrade < 65)
			finalLetterGrade = 'F';
		cout << endl;
		cout << "*** MATH STUDENT ***" << endl << endl;
		cout << "Midterm grade is: " << midterm << endl;
		cout << "Final grade is: " << finalExamGrade << endl;
		cout << "Final Numeric Grade is: " << finalNumericGrade << endl;
		cout << "Final Letter Grade is: " << finalLetterGrade;
		break;
	//Case 3 is Science Student
	case 3:
		cout << "Enter Midterm grade: ";
		cin.getline(response,256);
		midterm = atoi(response);
		cout << "Enter Final Exam grade: ";
		cin.getline(response,256);
		finalExamGrade = atoi(response);
		cout << "Enter Research grade: ";
		cin.getline(response,256);
		research = atoi(response);
		finalNumericGrade = (midterm * SCIENCE_MIDTERM_PERCENTAGE) + 
			(finalExamGrade * SCIENCE_FINALEXAM_PERCENTAGE) + 
			(research * SCIENCE_RESEARCH_PERCENTAGE);
		if (finalNumericGrade > 90)
			finalLetterGrade = 'A';
		else if ((finalNumericGrade >= 80) && (finalNumericGrade < 90))
			finalLetterGrade = 'B';
		else if ((finalNumericGrade >= 70) && (finalNumericGrade < 80))
			finalLetterGrade = 'C';
		else if ((finalNumericGrade >= 60) && (finalNumericGrade < 70))
			finalLetterGrade = 'D';
		else if (finalNumericGrade < 60)
			finalLetterGrade = 'F';
		cout << endl;
		cout << "*** SCIENCE STUDENT ***" << endl << endl;
		cout << "Midterm grade is: " << midterm << endl;
		cout << "Final grade is: " << finalExamGrade << endl;
		cout << "Research grade is: " << research << endl;
		cout << "Final Numeric Grade is: " << finalNumericGrade << endl;
		cout << "Final Letter Grade is: " << finalLetterGrade;
		break;
	default:
		cout << response << " - is not a valid Student Type.";
		return 1;
	}					//End of Switch

	cout << "Grade another student? ";
	cin >> moreGradesToCalculate;

	for (int i = 0; i < moreGradesToCalculate.length(); i++){
		moreGradesToCalculate[i] = toupper(moreGradesToCalculate[i]);
	}						   //End for loop

	}                          //End while loop

    _getch(); //Will need removed before project is finished!
	return 0; //end of main()
}
This is really frustrating me. If anyone could help I'd very much appreciate it!
Turn response into an int and populate it as:

cin >> int;
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Thanks! I thought that might have been the problem. Wonder why the book is telling me to read in a char and then convert it to an integer?
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