1. Credit Hours: Determine the credit hours of the course in which you received the 97 grade. Let's assume it's a 3-credit course.
2. GPA Calculation: The GPA is calculated by multiplying the grade points (for each course's grade) by the corresponding credit hours and then dividing the total by the total credit hours attempted.
3. New Quality Points: To calculate the new quality points, multiply your 97 grade by the credit hours of the course. In this case, it would be 97 multiplied by 3, which equals 291 quality points.
4. Updated Total Quality Points: Add the new quality points to your existing total quality points. Suppose you previously had a total of 450 quality points. Adding 291 quality points would bring your new total to 741.
5. Updated Total Credit Hours: Add the credit hours of the new course to your previously completed credit hours. Assuming you had completed 30 credits, your total credits would now be 33 (30 + 3).
6. New GPA: Calculate the new GPA by dividing the updated total quality points by the updated total credit hours. In this case, 741 divided by 33 gives a new GPA of approximately 2.245.
Therefore, if you have a 1.6 GPA and receive a 97 in a 3-credit course while completing a total of 33 credits, your GPA would be raised to approximately 2.245. This GPA change is an estimate and may vary depending on the specific grading scale and policies of your institution.