Sunday, March 5, 2017
How to Figure out Your College GPA?
In many ways, figuring out your college GPA (grade point average) is actually easier than figuring up your high school GPA. If you know your letter grades and credit hours (a unit of measurement to reflect your weekly time in the classroom), you should be able to find your GPA for a term. You can also use this information to calculate your overall college GPA.
Write down your grades. Write down a list of what classes you took during the term. Next to each class, write down the grade you earned. Don't worry about writing down a percentage, just note the letter grade that you got. For example, your list may look something like this:
- Biology: B
- Calculus: A
- History: A
- Spanish: C
Use a grading scale to note how many points each letter grade is worth. Use your school's grading scale to determine how many points each letter grade earns. For example, you'd build on your list like this:[1]
- Biology: B (3 points)
- Calculus: A (4 points)
- History: A (4 points)
- Spanish: C (2 points)
List how many credits each course is worth. Once you've made your list, look in your school's course catalog to determine how many credits each course is worth. Sometimes, seminars or labs may be worth fewer credits so it's important to calculate how many credits you took in a term. Write down how many credits each course is worth. For example, your list may now look something like this:[2]
- Biology: B (3 credit points) at 3 hours
- Calculus: A (4 credit points) at 4 hours
- History: A (4 credit points) at 3 hours
- Spanish: C (2 credit points) at 3 hours
Determine how many grade points (credit points) you earned for your courses.For each course on your list, multiply the credit for your grade by the number of hours the course was worth. Once you've done this for each course, you can add up all of the grade points (credit points) to calculate your total grade points (credit points) for the term. Your list may look like this:[3]
- Biology: B (3 credit points) at 3 hours = 9 credit points
- Calculus: A (4 credit points) at 4 hours = 16 credit points
- History: A (4 credit points) at 3 hours = 12 credit points
- Spanish: C (2 credit points) at 3 hours = 6 credit points
- Total = 43 credit points
Need help forecasting your GPA? The GPACalculator is a great online tool. This calculator uses the website: https://gpahub.net
SHARE THIS POST
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments: