If I got a 2.0 gpa freshman year, what do I need to get during sophomore, junior and senior year to graduate with a 3.2 gpa
Shoot for A’s and B’s in everything.
Assuming you take the same number of classes every year and an unweighted gpa:
(2.0+3x)/4=3.2 -> x=3.6
You need to average a 3.6 in your courses over the next three years to graduate with a 3.2
Which means A-s and B’s with more A’s than B’s.
Check out the following on what you can do to help raise your grades:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/2026961-what-to-do-when-you-arent-doing-well-in-a-hs-class-p1.html
Thank you everyone! I’m hoping to graduate with a 3.0 gpa. What would I need an average Gpa to be for sophomore year, junior and senior year?
You should be able to figure that out, especially given the fact that I showed how I came up with the average GPA before.
@EthanPawlak Take it one day at a time. You need to keep ahead in your classes. Always do your homework. Always pay attention in class. Sit near the front of the class if you possibly can (and ask to sit in the front if your aren’t first put there). Do your homework as close as possible to the day that it is assigned, not just before it it due. Ask for extra help in classes where you are having trouble keeping up. Try to understand the reason for things and don’t just memorize. Aim for A’s where ever possible, think of B’s as just okay, and try to avoid anything lower. If you look after today every day and keep ahead, then the long term (including university) will work out well.
As @guineagirl96 pointed out: (2.0+3x)/4=3.2 → x=3.6
and a math class that will help you understand the problem.
I take issue with the math suggested here. An average of averages is not equal to the average of the entire data set. You will definitely need more A’s than B’s, and I suggest you Google a GPA calculator and play around with it a bit.
@ski_racer If each data set is the same size it is. I’m asssuming he takes the same amount of credits each year.
@ski_racer that math is correct given the assumptions I stated (same number of credits each year, and unweighted). The average of averages only doesn’t equal the average of the data set if you have unequal sizes. Also, a 3.6 is more As than Bs. Source: I’m a senior in college majoring in mathematics.
@guineagirl96 those are awful big ifs
If you don’t have those assumptions, then nobody can even attempt to answer the question at all. This argument is pointless.
But the ifs were stated. This post is an Algebra 1 word problem and a great project for OP. One of my pet peeves on CC is students who can’t calculate their UW GPA. Don’t use an online calculator. Do the math!
EDIT: or build your own spreadsheet to calculate GPA which still makes you know the math behind the calculation but allows easy scenario planning with varying credits.
Not really. Also, courses will often state how many credits/units they are worth, so in any case, calculating UW GPA is a simple exercise in computing weighted averages.