Calculating GPA

Applying to College
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<p>Ok, so my school haven’t updated my transcript from my last semester grades but without those grades I have a 4.028. Last semester I got:</p>

<p>Honors Brit Lit - (A) 4.5
Honors Econ. - (A) 4.5
Yearbook - (A) 4.0
AP Biology - (A) 5.0</p>

<p>Last semester GPA average is a 4.5 so do I average that with my overall GPA (4.028) to get my updated GPA? If so, that’s like a 4.2 something… that can’t be right. </p>

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<p>haha… unfortunately you don’t just average those two. First you would multiply however many semesters you had the overall GPA of a 4.028 from, then add the 4.5, and finally divide by all the semesters you’ve taken so far. </p>

<p>For example if you had the 4.028 as your overall GPA for the past six semesters, it would be</p>

<p>(4.028 x 6 + 4.5)/ 7 = 4.095</p>