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Predicting GPA (What if I make an "A" in ...)
Create a five column table with the following information:
| 1. | List each course. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. | Enter the letter grade expected/earned | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Enter the letter grade point value:
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| 4. | Enter course credit hours. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Multiply line items from column 3 by line items in column 4 and put the product in column 5 (column 3 x column 4 = column 5). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total column 4 to get the total number of credit hours and column 5 to ted the number of quality points.
Divide the total quality points by the total number of credit hours to get the Grade Point Average (GPA).
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| Total Quality Points ÷ Total Credit Hours = GPA | ||||
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DSPM |
A |
4 |
X 3 |
= 12 |
ENGL |
C |
2 |
X 3 |
= 6 |
PSY |
B |
3 |
X 3 |
= 9 |
HIST |
D |
1 |
X 3 |
= 3 |
PHED |
A |
4 |
X 1 |
= 4 |
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| Total Quality Points ÷ Total Credit Hours = GPA | ||||
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13 = 2.62 The example GPA is 2.62 |
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This process my seem unnecessarily complicated but, the steps prevent
a one hour PE class from counting the same as a four hour biology class. Fortunately,
we have a calculator
to help us with the process. Visits the links at the top of the page to get
some help with your grade point average.