Question about cumulative GPA discrepancy?

RenaRaven
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:19:36 +0000

Over the summer break I checked my GPA and realized my GPA was higher than before summer.

I contacted someone from the administration and they told me it was possible that they calculated one of my repeated courses wrong…which made me question how I calculate my own GPA, because I thought their initial calculation was correct.

So let’s check the math here.

Let’s say I had a D in a class worth 4 credits. That’s 4 points. So I retake the class in the summer and I get a C. That’s 8 points. Since it’s the average of the two I get 6 points for the 4 credit course.
Or am I way, way off?