How do you calculate unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale?

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<p>I am a second semester junior and I want to calculate my cumulative unweighted GPA. So how would I go about this? I know every school does it differently (my school is on a 5.0 scale) but I want a general idea.</p>

<p>Okay so I know that...
A - 4.0
B - 3.0
C - 2.0 and so on. </p>

<p>Would I just assign each class a number based on the grade I got and divide it by the number of classes I took so far? </p>

<p>For example:
Math: A - 4.0
English: A - 4.0
Science: B - 3.0
So, it would be 11/3 which is 3.67. </p>

<p>Does this work and qualify as a somewhat accurate method?</p>

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<p>Yes, that’s how you do it.</p>

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<p>Okay, thank you! I got a 3.8 using this method and though I was doing something wrong. xD</p>

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<p>You also want to be sure to account for 1 sem vs. all year classes.</p>

<p>There are several online gpa calculators you can use.</p>

<p>Here’s one that lets you put in your gpa, give your grading scale (5) and convert to a 4 pt. scale:</p>

<p><a href=“http://em.tsu.edu/registrar/gpacc.php[/url]”>http://em.tsu.edu/registrar/gpacc.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>How would you calculate a semester course? What is the difference?</p>

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<p>Sem courses are given half the weight as a full year class. This is still an UW gpa, but you have to account for the fact that some courses are twice the length as others and so the grade would be counted twice as heavily.</p>

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<p>Okay I see. So if I took Psychology 1st semester and AP Psychology second semester (A’s in both), they are worth 4.0 altogether?</p>

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<p>It’s all relative. </p>

<p>If you are counting all grades as year long, then yes, Psych (1 sem) + AP Psych (1 sem) = 4.0. And if you had gotten an A in Psych and a B in AP Psych, then for the year it would be a 3.5</p>

<p>However, my example was more for a year long class like AP Bio, it’s grade should be given double the weight of a sem long class like Psych or AP Psych.</p>

<p>Try the calculator I linked to, you should be able to give it your scale of 5 UW gpa and convert it to a scale of 4 UW gpa.</p>

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<p>Okay, thanks for clearing that up! c: I still got around the same answer.</p>