How to Find Out My University Grade Point Average

Your college transcript provides information about your academic achievements by listing the grades you got during college. Performing some simple math calculations on these grades can provide you with your university grade point average (GPA). This is slightly more complicated than calculating most high school GPAs. Instead of being simple addition and division as in high school, you will need to take into account both the grade you got in each course, as well as the number of units of each course.

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Instructions

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      Make a list of each grade you received in a class and the total number of units for that class. Making a list will help you make sure you include every class and grade in your GPA calculation.

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      Convert the letter grades into numerical scores. An "A" or "A+" is worth 4 points, and each descending level of grade is worth 1/3 point less rounded to two decimal points. An "A-," for example, is worth 3.67 points, a "B+" is worth 3.33 points and a "B" is worth 3 points. An "F" is worth 0 points.

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      Multiply the numerical score for each grade by the number of units that class was worth. If you got an "A-" in a 4-unit class, for example, you would multiply 3.67 times 4 for a total of 14.68. If you also got a "B-" in a 3-unit class, you would multiply 2.67 times 3 for a total of 8.01.

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      Add together the numbers you calculated. In our example, you would add together 14.68 and 8.01 for a total of 22.69.

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      Divide the number you calculated by the total number of units you took and included in your prior calculations. In our example, you took a 4-unit class and a 3-unit class for a total of 7 units, so you would divide 22.69 by 7 for a total of 3.24. This number is your GPA.

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