<p>I'm aware that they strip away the "fluff" classes and consider only the 5 "core" classes. However, I was wondering whether they look at a quarter by quarter basis or by cumulative grades after a year?</p>
<p>For example, suppose in class A I get a 95, an 88, a 94, and a 97 for the four quarters throughout the year. Would they calculate individually, and then take the mean? (4.0 + 3.4 + 4.0 + 4.0)/4 = 3.85</p>
<p>Or would they just see one grade for the whole year for each class, and then calculate based on that? So for class A, the end grade would be a (95 + 88 + 94 + 97)/4 = 93.5, or a 4.0</p>
<p>This is somewhat important to me because I've had quite a few instances where I'd slip and have a B one quarter for a class, but have high 90's for the other 3 quarters that compensate for the one low grade for that marking period.</p>