How to Calculate Your GPA and Understand Terms
Explore how to calculate your GPA using quality points, grade points, and attempted hours. Learn about GPA terms and see examples of calculating GPA for different semesters. Practice on your own and check the answer key to improve your understanding.
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HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR GPA UNDERSTAND THE TERMS & LEARN HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR GPA Created by Academic Advising Services of Northwestern State University of Louisiana February 2016
GPA TERMS QUALITY POINTS GPA: Grade Point Average Grade Points Quality Points: A numerical value assigned to each of the letter grades A F . Refer to the table to the right. A 4 B 3 C 2 Attempted Hours: The total number of hours a student attempts during a semester. D 1 F 0
JOHN DOES FALL 15 GRADES To get the GPA, divide the Total Quality Points (QP) by the Total Attempted Hours Class Hours Grade Quality Points MATH 0920 3 D 1 Grade Points Total Attempted Hours 12(3+3+3+3) FA 1040 3 A 4 Total Quality Points 27(3+12+12+0) COMM 1010 3 A 4 27 divided by 12 = 2.25 ENGL 1010 3 F 0 John Doe earned a 2.25 GPA for the Spring 13 semester. CALCULATING QUALITY POINTS Hours QP Total Quality Points 3 x 1 = 3 3 x 4 = 12 3 x 4 = 12 3 x 0 = 0
Try this exercise on your own. What is John Does GPA for the Fall 14 semester? JOHN DOE S SPRING 16 GRADES To get the GPA, divide the Total Quality Points by the Total Attempted Hours Class Hours Grade Quality Points MATH 1060 3 C _____ Grade Points Total Attempted Hours _________ UNIV 1000 1 B _____ Total Quality Points _________ HIST 1010 3 D _____ ____ divided by ____ = ________ ENGL 2110 3 B _____ John Doe has a ________ GPA for the Fall 14 semester. SOWK 2090 3 A _____
WAIT! If you haven t completed the exercise from slide 4 (the previous slide), please take a moment to do so now. The answer key is on the following slide.
ANSWER KEY TO SLIDE 4 To get the GPA, divide the Total Quality Points by the Total Attempted Hours Class Hours Grade Quality Points MATH 1060 3 C 6 Grade Points Total Attempted Hours 13 3 UNIV 1000 1 B Total Quality Points 33 3 33 divided by 13= 2.538 HIST 1010 3 D 9 John Doe has a 2.54 GPA for the Spring 2016 semester. ENGL 2110 3 B SOWK 2090 3 A 12 *Note John s final grades in UNIV 1000 and HIST 1010 generated the same quality points (3 QP per class) even though UNIV 1000 is a 1-hour class and HIST 1010 is a 3-hour class. This example shows the impact one low grade has on a semester a GPA. If John had earned a final grade of B in HIST 1010, what would have been his fall semester GPA?
