What will my cumulative GPA be?

Question

I really dont get the GPA system, so if someone could explain it to me and also calculate what mine might be, that would be awesome.

I have a cumulative of 2.98 right now, and I'm predicting to get around a 3.7 for the semester. How will that affect my cumulative?

oh and my total credit hours attempted are: 43.00

Answer 1

(If you're in college and don't get the GPA, then I'm worried.)

GPA is just an average of your grades for all the credits you've taken.
Some schools are slightly different, but basically, your letter grades are given number values
A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
D = 1
F = 0
(Some schools add or subtract to those whole numbers if you get a "+" or a "-", like a B+ being 3.33 and a B- being 2.67, but we'll stick with whole numbers)
You take the number of the grade and multiply it by the number of credits the class was. You then add together all those numbers of all your classes and divide by the total hours you've taken. That's your *** GPA.
Example

Physics (4 credits) C
Intro to Poli Sci (3 credits) A
English 101 (3 credits) A
P.E. (2 credits) A
Intro to Philosophy (3 credits) B

What you'd have is
2 (C) x 4 = 8 PLUS
4(a) x 3 = 12 PLUS
4(a) x 3 = 12 PLUS
4(a) x 2 = 8 PLUS
3(b) x 3 = 9
For a total of 49 "points". Divide that by the total number of credit hours you've taken (15), and you'd have a GPA of 3.27.
You just keep doing that for all of your classes for all your semesters. Add up the "points" divide by credit hours taken.

So we don't know how your 3.7 for the semester would affect your 2.98 (other than your cumulative would go up) because (a) we don't know how many credits you've already taken and (b) we don't know how many credits you're currently taking that's the basis for your 3.7.
If this is your second semester, it's likely that your cumulative will go up by a lot... perhaps up to 3.35 or so. If you've been in school for a while, this semeester won't have too much effect.
Further, if you're taking a load of hours, like 17-18, then that's going to have more effect on your cumulative average than if you're only taking 12-13.

Answer 2

GPA is calculated like this. Take the total number of hours you've taken - let's say you took two 3 hour courses for simplicity. A grade of A will equal 4.0, B 3.0, C 2.0, D 1.0 and F 0. Ok, so let's say you made a B in one of your 3 hour courses and an A in the other one. So now take the assigned values from the 4 point scale and multiply by the number of credit hours. So for the B, you've got 3 hours multiplied by 3.0 = 9 grade points. For the A, you've got 3 hours multiplied by 4.0 = 12 grade points. So your total cumulative grade points is 21 (9 + 12). Next you take this and divide it by the number of cumulative credit hours you have. Since we said you had six at this point (two 3 hour courses), take 21/6 = 3.5 GPA.

Answer 3

Cumulative.

Answer 4

It will obviously go up - but you aren't giving enough information in regards to how many credit hours toe 2.98 is for and the credit hours you are taking this semester.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 5

Add together all your GPA's and average them out. The average is your cumulative GPA.