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<blockquote data-quote="orbitalfreak" data-source="post: 749341" data-attributes="member: 1669">GPA: Grade Point Average.Based on what grades you receive in courses, you get differing amounts of points.A: 4B: 3C: 2D: 1F: 0In High School, every course I had (not sure if all schools use this method) was equally weighted.&nbsp; So, given a semester in which my grades were: A, B, B, A, C, D, F, this would total 17 points.&nbsp; Divide by seven (number of courses taken) gives 2.429 GPA.&nbsp; Overall, this means you have midway betwen B and C grade academic acheivement.In college, each score is multiplied by the number of credit-hours earned for the course, so some courses are weighted heavier than others.&nbsp; The total of HOURS*GRADE_VALUE is called quality points.&nbsp; GPA is calculated from QP and credit hours.&nbsp; For instance, consider this:[code]--Course--&nbsp; &nbsp; -Credit Hours- -Grade- -Grade Value- *Quality Points*Calculus I&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 5 hours&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 20History 101&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3 hours&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; B&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 9Biology 151&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3 hours&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; B&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 9Bio. Lab 153&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1 hour&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4English 101&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3 hours&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; C&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 6[/code]Quality points total = 48.&nbsp; Divide this by the number of credit hours, not courses, to determine your GPA, which in this case is 48/15 = 3.2, slightly more than a B average.&nbsp; Note that even though an A was earned in Biology Lab, the course didn't count for a lot, and didn't affect the average much.&nbsp; However, calculus counts for almost two entire &quot;normal&quot; courses, so can influence the grade point average much more easily.In fact, the difference between an A and a B in a standard 3-credit hour course is the same as the difference in an A and a D in a 1-hour Lab course, at least in terms of overall GPA.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="orbitalfreak, post: 749341, member: 1669"] GPA: Grade Point Average. Based on what grades you receive in courses, you get differing amounts of points. A: 4 B: 3 C: 2 D: 1 F: 0 In High School, every course I had (not sure if all schools use this method) was equally weighted. So, given a semester in which my grades were: A, B, B, A, C, D, F, this would total 17 points. Divide by seven (number of courses taken) gives 2.429 GPA. Overall, this means you have midway betwen B and C grade academic acheivement. In college, each score is multiplied by the number of credit-hours earned for the course, so some courses are weighted heavier than others. The total of HOURS*GRADE_VALUE is called quality points. GPA is calculated from QP and credit hours. For instance, consider this: [color=white][code] --Course-- -Credit Hours- -Grade- -Grade Value- *Quality Points* Calculus I 5 hours A 4 20 History 101 3 hours B 3 9 Biology 151 3 hours B 3 9 Bio. Lab 153 1 hour A 4 4 English 101 3 hours C 2 6 [/code][/color] Quality points total = 48. Divide this by the number of [i]credit hours[/i], not courses, to determine your GPA, which in this case is 48/15 = 3.2, slightly more than a B average. Note that even though an A was earned in Biology Lab, the course didn't count for a lot, and didn't affect the average much. However, calculus counts for almost two entire "normal" courses, so can influence the grade point average much more easily. In fact, the difference between an A and a B in a standard 3-credit hour course is the same as the difference in an A and a D in a 1-hour Lab course, at least in terms of overall GPA. [/QUOTE]

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