How to Calculate Your GPA for School
The acronym GPA stands for grade point average, or the accumulation of points accorded to each letter grade you receive for a course. An A represents excellence, or the maximum amount of points you can be awarded for good work. From there, teachers assign the letter B, C, D and F for progressively fewer points. To calculate your GPA, know your teacher and school guidelines, what letters are available in the grading system and how many points each letter represents.
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Find a list of grades for each course you took. Letter grades tell you how many points you earned in that course. A = 4.0, A- = 3.7, B = 3.0, B- = 2.7, C = 2.0, C- = 1.7, D+ = 1.3, D = 1.0, D- = .7, F = 0.
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Check the total units available in each course you took. Course units can be found on the syllabus or course selection booklet for your school. Ask your teacher how many units the course was worth if you can't find either of these things.
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Multiply the points from the letter grade you got by the total available units in the course. For example, if you scored an A (4.0 points) in a 3 unit course, 4.0 x 3 = 12 grade points. If you scored a B- (2.7 points) in a 4 unit course, 2.7 x 4 = 10.8. Do this for every course.
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Divide your total grade points by your total GPA units. For example, if you have 35 total grade points, and you attempted 13 GPA units total, 35/13 = 2.69.
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Compare this with the maximum GPA available, a 4.0, or straight A's. The GPA from Step 4 is a 2.69, or B- average.
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