how is GPA calculated

Cards4Life
Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:51:28 +0000

You get a “Credit” for going to class. Usually it’s 3 credits. Labs are generally one credit. This various at some schools. Each credit is for every one academic hour that you spend IN lecture/class. If you have class from 8 to 8:50 three times a week, thats 3 credits. Labs may be 3 or more hours but you’ll still only get one credit most places. If you meet for 1.5 hour on TR (R=Thursday), you’ll get 3 credits.

Say your 4 classes are all 3 credits and you get 2 A’s and 2 B’s.

23=6 credits * 4 points = 24
23=6 credits * 3 points = 18
24 + 18 = 42
42 points / 12 credits = 3.5