How Do You Figure Out Your Grade Point Average (GPA)?

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How Do You Figure Out Your Grade Point Average?

Answer 1

There are several methods. Here are some examples:

1) Overall GPA on a 4-point scale.
Each "A" grade is worth 4 points.
Each "B" grade is worth 3 points.
Each "C" grade is worth 2 points.
Each "D" grade is worth 1 point.
Each "F" grade is worth 0 points.

The "plus" and "minus" notations (such as "B+" and "A-") are ignored in most GPA calculations.

Add up all of the points then divide by the number of classes you have taken. That is your overall GPA.

2) The five point system is less common:
A = 5
B = 4
C = 3
D = 2
F = 1

3) GPA for your major. You can exclude classes like PE and various subjects that do not express your course of study and see what that GPA is.

4) College admissions GPA. Each college has rules on which high school classes are used to determine your GPA. Check with them on which years of school and courses can be included in the GPA calculation.

5) Generally, Advanced Placement classes taken in high school earn additional points, except for Ds and Fs.

"A" = 5
"B" = 4
"C" = 3
"D" = 1
"F" = 0

6) If each class isn't equal in terms of credits then you need to calculate your GPA per credit. She the previous posting for a good explanation of this. Essentially:

Sum of (Class grade * course units) / total units

Answer 2

GPA is calculated by adding the number of grade points you earn (typically on a 4.0 scale) multiplied by the number of units each class was worth, and then divided by the number of units or credits you have taken.

For example, if you take the following classes and get the following grades:

5 credits - 4.0 (A)
3 credits - 3.5 (A-)
4 credits - 3.0 (B)
2 credits - 4.0 (A)

Your GPA would be:
(4*5 + 3.5*3 + 3*4 + 4*2) / (5 + 3 + 4 + 2)

(50.5) / 14 = 3.6

This means that getting a really good grade in a class that is harder or longer is worth more than getting a really good grade in an easy or short class.

Now, if all of your classes are weighted the same (that is, they're all worth the same amount), then it's really easy and is just adding your grades together and then dividing by the number of classes you've taken. For example, if all the classes in the previous example were worth the same amount, then:

(4 + 3.5 + 3 + 4) / 4 = 3.625

Generally, in college you'll have a GPA that uses different numbers of credits, while in high school the classes are all worth the same. When I was in high school, all AP classes got 1 point added to the final grade (so you would get a 5.0 instead of a 4.0 for an A) while all honors classes got 0.33 added (so an A would be a 4.33), so it was still easy to calculate GPA.

Answer 3

Assign a number to each class that you took during a semester, year, or school career based on the grade you got:

A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1
F=0

Then add all of the numbers together, and divide by the number of classes you took to figure out your GPA.

And as sam.i.am wrote, some advanced classes, depending on your school, may follow a different scale, such as:

A=5
B=4
C=3
D=2
F=1

Answer 4

A = 4 Points
B = 3
C = 2
D = 1
F= 0

3 credits of A = 14 points
3 credits of B = 9 points.... so add all your final course grades up and divide by the number of courses... e.g..... 128 points for all your course divided by 51 classes taken = 2.50 GPA or a C+

getting a B+ = 3.5.... add all your classes up using the points system...some schools use + and - as well...it will be in the catalog with all the other scholarship information and such.... final grade used as GPA in a class...

Answer 5

Well, if your grades are high enough, this wil apply to you. First, figure up your total average (example: 90+95+80+90+95= 450. 450/5=90 <-- total final average. Now, if it is 95-100, your GPA is 4.0. If it's 94, your GPA is 3.9. If it's 93, your GPA is 3.8, and so on. If your grades dip down lower than that, I suggest a GPA calculator.

Answer 6

This site does it for you just type in how many of each letter grade you have...
Calculate Your Grade Point Average
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Answer 7

if a 4.0 is perfect then
a=4
b=3
c=2
d=1
you add how many points you get by how many classes you have
say 3 classes all get an A
then
12 divided by 3 = 4.0
or 3 classes and 2 A and 1 D
then
9 divided by 3 = 3.0

Answer 8

you add all of your grades together, then divide by the muber of grades there are.

Example: 84,90,93,88,87,89

Step 1) Add together- 84+90+93+88+87+89=531

Step2) Divide by 6 (number of grades you have) 531/6=88.5

Some teachers round up, if it is a .5 #. So it would be 88 or 89.

Good luck!

Answer 9

That depends on what type of school you go to, and if they give out A+'s, but generally each A is worth 4, and B worth 3, C worth 2 (again it depends on how your school sets up their grade system). You add up all of your grades, then divide that by the number of grades you had.

Example:
4 A = 4x4/4 = 4.0
3A, 1B = (3x4+1x3)/4= 3.75
2A, 2B = (8+6)/4= 3.50

Answer 10

I don't know, but I think if you search GPA calculator you would be able to calculate it