One of the important things students
need to know is how to calculate GPA.
So an A gives you four quality points, a B gives you three quality points, a C gives you two
quality points,
a D gives you one quality point, and and an F gives you zero quality points.
Say if you're going to take English 101, math
102,
chemistry 100 and history 101.
That is 12 hours, so that's a full-time
status. Each of these courses are three
credit hours.
If you are to make A in English 101,
you would get twelve quality points in that. If you take history and you make
a C in that,
that will give you six quality points in
that. You will add up all your quality points,
as well as your
hours, and divide that to give your GPA.
GPA's much like a seesaw.
On one side you have A. On the other
side you have F. If you make an F,
you have to counterbalance to the same
amount of A's to get a 2.0.
Same thing with B's and D's. If you have a B on this side,
three, you can make a D if you have to in one class, in order to maintain a C
average
the C is in the middle and is at the fulcrum.
 
