Category: Grade Point Average

Grade Point Average is a measure of scholastic achievement in high school, college, or university.

GPA Calculator, What Is GPA

GPA is an abbreviation for grade point average. The GPA system is a quick way of getting a student’s overall academic performance. Generally, GPA is calculated on a zero to four scale. Four is generally the highest a student can get and zero is the lowest. The GPA can be used by potential employers or further post-secondary institutions to assess and compare applicants.

A Cumulative Grade Point Average is a calculation of the average of all of a student’s grades for all semesters and courses completed up to a given academic term.

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The Importance of Grade Point Average

How important is grade point average in the college admissions process? For many colleges, the number isn’t as telling as putting it into context. Comments from Facebook: Don’t confuse some admissions officials’ comments referring to a high …
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Will British Universities Adopt Grade Point Average System?

The Grade Point Average system, as applied in the USA, attempts to rank students by ability across a range of disciplines by collating a mean average of letter marks (that is, ABCD and F), which are quantified as 0-4 numerically and then averaged.
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USF Crown Point Announces Dean’s List and Honors List Students

Students on the dean’s list earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while maintaining a course load of 12 credit hours or more. Honor roll students earned a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while maintaining a course load of six credit hours or more.
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Grade Point Average Restrictions Affect Athletes

New London – A total of 27 high school athletes in the fall and winter sports programs have attended mandatory academic support sessions because their grade point averages have fallen below 1.7, deeming them ineligible to participate in …
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GPA May Be Contagious In High-School Social Networks

High school students whose friends’ average grade point average (GPA) is greater than their own have a tendency to increase their own GPA over the course of a year, according to research published in the open access journal PLOS ONE …
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University Students Make Dean’s List

Northern Michigan University named local students to the fall Dean’s list. Those students who earned a grade-point average of 4.0 were Helen Kiilunen of Brighton and Luke Gruenberg of Hartland Township. Several students earned recognition for a GPA of 3.25-3.99 …
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2.97 GPA For Student Athletes at UT

Tennessee’s student-athletes finished the fall with a 2.97 grade-point average, a slight improvement over the 2.94 posted in spring 2011, UT announced Monday. Men’s football finished the fall semester with a 2.49 grade-point average. That’s down from 2.71 …
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Students of the Month – Venice Sertoma Club

Holly Mattmuller and Zachary Carroll were named Students of the Month. Mattmuller, who has a 4.3-grade-point average, is the National Honor Society treasurer, student government senator, Student Leadership Team leader, Math Honor Society …
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