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How to Figure Out My Grade Point Average With Percentages

A GPA, or grade point average, is required when applying for US universities. Some schools, especially those that are foreign, do not directly give their students GPA values. Therefore, the students must calculate their own GPAs to report to universities. A GPA is a good measure of a student's academic work, as it takes into consideration the credit hours involved in the coursework. Furthermore, it is a numerical representation of the A -- F grading scale that most US schools use.

Instructions

- 1
  Convert each course's percentage grade to a letter grade. An 'A' is 93--100%. An 'A-' is 90--92%. A 'B+' is 87--89%. A 'B' is 83--86%. A 'B-' is 80--82%. A 'C+' is 77--79%. A 'C' is 73--76%. A 'C-' is 70--72%. A 'D+' is 67--69%. A 'D' is 63--66%. A 'D-' is 60--62%. An 'F' is 0--59%.
- 2
  Convert each course's letter grade to the corresponding GPA number. An 'A' is 4.0. An 'A-' is 3.7. A 'B+' is 3.3. A 'B' is 3.0. A 'B-' is 2.7. A 'C+' is 2.3. A 'C' is 2.0. A 'C-' is 1.7. A 'D+' is 1.3. A 'D' is 1.0. A 'D-' is 0.7. An 'F' is 0.0.
- 3
  Multiply each course's GPA number by its number of credit hours.
- 4
  Add all of the values acquired in step 3.
- 5
  Divide the value acquired in step 4 by the total number of credit hours taken.

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