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How to Calculate your Grade Point Average (GPA)

• Quality Points correspond to each letter grade

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Grades and Corresponding Quality Point Values

• A 4.00 A- 3.67 B 3.33
• B 3.00 B- 2.67 C 2.33
• C 2.00 C- 1.67 D 1.33
• D 1.00 D- 0.67 F 0.00

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Pre-College classes that are considered Pass/No
Credit do NOT factor into the Grade Point
Average.Examples are MATH 0910, MATH 0950, MATH
0980, MATH 0990, SKLS 0980, and SKLS 0990.
Whether you pass or receive no credit, it does
not affect your GPA.
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Spring Semester 2008 Course Name and Number
Grade GPA Hours X
Quality Points Total Math (MATH 1270)
B- 3
2.67_______
8.01________ Composition II (ENGL 1130)
C 3
2_______ 6_______ Diversity (BMGT
2700) A 3
4 _______
12________ Intro. To Film (FILM 1310)
A-
3 3.67_______
11.01________ Careers (UC 1120)
A
2
4________ 8________ Tennis (RCA 1010)
PS (does
not count in GPA) No Pts.
N/A_____


Total 45.02
Total GPA for the Semester
Total Quality Points (45.02) divided by Total
GPA Hours (14) 3.216
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Fall Semester 2007 Math (MATH 1260)
B
3
3__________ 9________ FYI (SKLS 1150)
A 3
4__________
12________ Philosophy (PHIL 2200)
D- 3
0.67_______
2.01______ Composition I (ENGL 1110)
A 3
4 ________
12________ Geology (EEES 1010)
F 3
0________
0_________ Total
35.01 Total GPA for the Semester Total Quality
Points (35.01) divided by Total GPA Hours (15)
2.334
Course Name and Number Grade GPA Hours
X Quality Points Total
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• What is the students cumulative GPA for the
  academic year?
• Take Fall 2007 Quality Points (35.01) Spring
  2008 Quality Points (45.02) 80.03
• Take Fall 2007 GPA Hours (15) Spring GPA Hours
  (14) 29
• Total Quality Points (80.03) divided by Total GPA
  Hours (29) 2.759

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How to view the Amount of Credit Hours
Needed to Improve your GPA
Then you will need 7 credits with a 4.0 GPA 8
credits with a 3.9 GPA 8 credits with a 3.8 GPA 8
credits with a 3.7 GPA 9 credits with a 3.6
GPA 10 credits with a 3.5 GPA 10 credits with a
3.4 GPA 11 credits with a 3.3 GPA 12 credits with
a 3.2 GPA 13 credits with a 3.1 GPA 14 credits
with a 3.0 GPA 16 credits with a 2.9 GPA 17
credits with a 2.8 GPA 20 credits with a 2.7
GPA 23 credits with a 2.6 GPA 28 credits with a
2.5 GPA 34 credits with a 2.4 GPA 46 credits with
a 2.3 GPA 68 credits with a 2.2 GPA
What If CURRENT TOTAL CREDITS 45 (GPA Hours
on your transcript) CURRENT GPA 1.7 DESIRED
GPA 2.0
WEBSITE http//www.sis.umd.edu/gpacalc/java.html
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http//sss.utoledo.edu/GradePolicies.asp
Here is an additional Web site you can utilize to
calculate your GPA