GPA Calculator for High School

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. ~ Jane Goodall

Your Grade Point Average, as the name suggests, is a way to measure how well you have scored in your courses, on average, throughout a semester or school year. Courses can be graded either by letters, numbers or as a percentage (see chart below). This number can then be used to determine whether you meet the standards set by the college or university of your choice.

Our GPA calculator is a tool you can use to monitor your grade point average throughout the school year to determine if you are on track to meet your educational goals.

Your GPA is calculated by dividing the total amount of grade points earned by the total amount of credit hours attempted.

Grade point averages may be calculated for a semester, a year, a degree, a program or cumulatively.

Updating your gpa throughout the year will enable you to see if you are on track to reach your education goals.

The feedback you get when you figure out your cumulative gpa score will let you know if you need to make adjustments in your study habits for assignments, review, and exams.

Scholarships

Attending a post secondary education facility whether it is college or university can be a very expensive endeavour. If you don't have rich parents it's likely that you will need all the help you can get to fund your studies. The fees for tuition, books, food and accomodation for a 4 year undergraduate degree, nevermind a masters, will certainly add up fast and leave you with significant debt when you graduate.

A Scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student who wishes to continue their education beyond high school. Most scholarships are awarded based on merit or talent but some are awarded based on need. The money received as a scholarship, unlike student loans, does not have to be reimbursed. You can find out more about Scholarships here.

GPA Tips & Advice

GPA Tip:How can college students score a higher GPA? Other than studying really hard! Choose easier elective courses that will help offset more difficult courses that you might not do as well in. Also, colleges allow students to drop courses (within a certain time frame) if they are in real danger of getting a low grade. This will keep that grade off your transcript, thus keeping it from lowering your GPA. So hit the books, the end is in sight. Keep checking your GPA score to monitor your progress.

Education Quotes

The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed. ~ Helen Kellar

Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our Nation. ~ John F. Kennedy

School isn't always fun, but neither is life. If you want to have fun in life, take school seriously.

When educating the minds of our youth we must not forget to educate their hearts. ~ Dalai Lama

We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically and challenge.

We should not forget that the true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers. A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, which fails to understand that the measure of a civilization is its compassion, not its speed or ability to consume, condemns itself to death. ~ Chris Hedges