QPA vs. GPA

MD_Mom_1
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:44:56 +0000

My son’s school uses that as well and I am so confused. Here’s something you can do. Using the school’s grading scale (90+=A, 80+ =B or whatever it is), convert all A’s to 4.0, all, B’s to 3.0–just like the old days. Add them up and divide by the number of credits (semester classes count as 1/2 credit). That will give you a GPA on a 4.0 scale. To complicate it, try to figure out how your schoool weights and add that in.

I hope that this doesn’t sound crazy. It makes perfect sense to me! Below is th chart the school uses for numerical grade conversion. I hope that you can read it; it has four columns. 75 is the lowest C.

GRADE GPA GRADE GPA GRADE GPA
90 4.0 83 3.3 76 2.2
89 3.9 82 3.2 75 2.0
88 3.8 81 3.1 74 1.8
87 3.7 80 3.0 73 1.6
86 3.6 79 2.8 72 1.4
85 3.5 78 2.6 71 1.2
84 3.4 77 2.4 70 1.0