how is GPA calculated

drusba
Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:39:49 +0000

Go here and see chart in middle of page which converts your grading system to the US 4.00 system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPA_in_India

Simplified, in the US an A = 4, a B=3, a C=2, a D=1 (as the chart shows many use + and - grades which puts grades between those four). For a total GPA you divide the addition of all your semester grades by total number of semester crdeits. Easy example, Assume you had 8 semesters of math in high school all A’s, 8X4=32; assume you had 8 semesters of science all B’s, 8X3= 24. Total GPA if those were all the courses you had = 3.5 (32 + 24= 56, divided by 16, the number of semester credits for all courses combined). Just do that for all courses you have had.

At the college level, it is similar except you get more than 1 credit per course per semester. For example, your math in any semester may be a 3 credit hour course (meaning, usually you go 3 times a week). Example, you have 15 semester credit hours, 5 courses where you go 3 hours a week to each. In three of those courses you end with an A, the other two a B, GPA= 4X9 (the 3 A courses), plus 3X6 (the two B courses), and divide total reached by 15. Total GPA is 3.6 for the semester.