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Originally posted by Mega_fan
I'm a freshman in highskool and i take AP Government. It's an ok class, I have to take the AP Government & Politics Exam on tuesday and then next year i'll be in AP Euro

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Originally posted by PsychoGiga
How DO you find out your exact GPA, anyway?

My grades are as follows:
Algebra 1- 81
Computer Applications- 100
Physical Science- 92
Health- 91
Ninth Grade Literature- 95
General Horticulture- 95

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Originally posted by PsychoGiga
So I have a 4.8 GPA...sweeet... Thanks Elburito

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Originally posted by ELBURITO



3+4+4+4=15

15/4=3.75

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Originally posted by PsychoGiga


I thought you said A's were 5 and B's were 4. So it would be..

5+5+5+5+5+4 = 29
(I have 6 classes)
29/6 = 4.8
Watchu talkin' about, you confooze me!

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Grade point average (GPA) is a number that represents the average of a student's grades during his or her time at an institution. Usually it is weighted by number of credits given for the course.

Most high schools and nearly all colleges in the United States use a "four-point" system. Universities in Hong Kong and some schools in Singapore also use this system. Numerical values are applied to grades as follows:

* A = 4
* B = 3
* C = 2
* D = 1
* F = 0
* FF/G (if given) = -1

This allows grades to be easily averaged. Additionally, many schools add .3 for a "+" grade and subtract .3 for a "−" grade. Thus, a B+ yields a 3.3 whereas an A− yields a 3.7. A+'s, if given, are usually assigned a value of 4.0 (equivalent to an A) due to the common assumption that a 4.00 is the best possible grade-point average, although 4.3 is awarded at some institutions. In some places, .25 or .33 instead of .3 is added for a "+" grade and subtracted for a "−" grade.

Some high schools, to reflect the varying skill required for different level courses and to discourage students from selecting "easy A's", will give higher numerical grades for difficult courses, often referred to as a weighted GPA. For example, two common conversion systems used in honors and advanced placement courses are:

* A = 5 or 4.6
* B = 4 or 3.5
* C = 3 or 2.1
* D = 1
* F = 0

Another policy commonly used by 4.0-scale schools is to mimic the eleven-point weighted scale (see below) by adding a .33 (one third of a letter grade) to an honors or advanced placement class. (For example, a B in a regular class would be a 3.0, but in an honors or AP class it would become a B+, or 3.33).

Sometimes the 5-based weighting scale is used for AP courses and the 4.6-based scale for honors courses, but often a school will choose one system and apply it universally to all advanced courses. A small number of high schools use a 5 point scale for Honors courses, a 6 point scale for AP courses, and/or a 3 point scale for courses of below average difficulty.

A few high schools in the United States use an "eleven-point" system. In this system, one point is usually added to "weight" a more challenging course. Numerical values are applied to grades as follows:

* A = 11
* A- = 10
* B+ = 9
* B = 8
* B- = 7
* C+ = 6
* C = 5
* C- = 4
* D+ = 3
* D = 2
* D- = 1
* F = 0