A new 'ask a recent graduate your bucknell questions' thread

rewrets
Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:34:15 +0000

hey eric,

i’m a freshman at bucknell this year and i was wondering when we would officially be notified of our semester grades? I know that grades are officially due by teachers on the 30th and there’s the ‘unofficial transcript’ section under the students tab on MyBucknell, but nothing shows up yet. Most of my teachers have put our final grades up on blackboard, but i’m still waiting on one. Also, i’m kind of confused about the grading system… is an A a 4.0, an A- a 3.67, a B+ a 3.33, a B a 3.0, and a B- a 2.67? I’ve been using an online GPA calculator on the prehealth webpage, but is there any way you can calculate for sure what your gpa will be?

Also… kinda random… but i’m really worried about my gpa this semester. It’s probably going to be around a 3.28 or 3.35(if my grading scale above is correct). I was hoping on a 3.5 or higher, and since i’m premed i’m really worried this will screw up my cumulative gpa. Overall, do you think it’s really bad for a freshmen first semester premed gpa or that I can still get it up to a 3.55ish or higher overall by senior year?

Sorry for all the questions! hope you have a great break! Thank you :)