current students grading terminology "attempt hours"

[phase2]

<p>What do the following terms mean on Dartmouth’s site giving semester grades?</p>

<p>Attempt Hours
Course Count
GPA Hours
Quality Points</p>

[sybbie719]

<p>Hi Phase2</p>

<p>Congrats on your son finishing his first term. </p>

<p>Yesterday, they were suppose to start posting the final grades for the fall term (Chicky is still waiting on one more class). In answer to your question</p>

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At the end of each term every student’s term and cumulative grade point average (GPA) are calculated. </p>

<p>The GPA calculation includes solely courses taken at Dartmouth on a regular A through E grading scale (GPA courses). </p>

<p>The calculation uses quality points which are three times the usual grade values to prevent the accumulation of errors: an
A counts as 12 points, A- as 11,
B+ as 10, B as 9, B- as 8,
C+ as 7, C as 6, C- as 5,
D as 3, and E as 0. </p>

<p>The GPA is the sum of the quality points divided by three times the GPA courses. This quotient is rounded to two decimal places.</p>

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<p>Attempt Hours How many courses a student originally attempted to take during the term for example if a student is registered for 3 courses they have attempted 3 hours.</p>

<p>Course Count number of courses (I believe it is the number of courses completed) for example if your student registered for 3 courses, dropped a course, the course count for the number of courses during the term is 2.</p>

<p>*GPA Hours <a href="the%20#%20of%20courses%20completed%20%203">/b</a></p>

<p>Quality Points are as follows: A counts as 12 points, A- as 11,
B+ as 10, B as 9, B- as 8,
C+ as 7, C as 6, C- as 5,
D as 3, and E as 0. </p>

<p>If your student took 3 courses and recieved an A in each course, they have accumulated 36 quality points. to get their GPA you would multiply 3 X the number of courses taken (if it is a 3 course load then it is 3) </p>

<p>3 x 3 = 9</p>

<p>divide the total # of quality points 36/9 = 4.0</p>

<p>If your student received the following grades: A, A- , B+</p>

<p>the quality points would be 33 (12+11+10)
the gpa would be 33/9 = 3.67</p>

<p>hope this helps.</p>

[phase2]

<p>Sybbie719 - you are amazing. Thank you! My son comes home today! He has been in Miami w/ the crew team. I can’t wait to hear more about his first semester at Dartmouth. He’s been very, very happy there-- which makes me-very, very happy.</p>

[VeryHappy]

<p>Don’t they mail first-term grades to the parents, too? I know we’re not going to be sent any more after this, but I thought the parents get first term’s.</p>

[bulldogbull]

<p>Yeah, the only grades that are ever mailed to parents are those from freshman fall. After that, its up to you to share them.</p>

[VeryHappy]

<p>So when might we parents receive them in the mail? Any day now?</p>

[bulldogbull]

<p>I would guess so, yes. Although they’re most likely already up online for you…if yours aren’t yet, then they will be by tomorrow.</p>