How to calculate my GPA?

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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Hi everyone,
I’m having trouble figuring out how cumulative GPA is calculated.
My school is on a 5.0 weighted system ( so in AP classes As are 5, honor 4.5, regular 4)
If I know my freshman, sophomore, and junior cumulative GPA and want to know how my senior GPA will effect my cumulative GPA do I just take the average?
EX.) old cumulative GPA: 4.3 and senior GPA is 5.0, is my new cumulative GPA (5+4.3)/ 2?
or would i need to take into account the amount of credits?

Thanks!

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To find your new cumulative weighted GPA, add all four weighted GPAs together and find the average (divide by four).

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So taking 5 ap classes sr yr, my gpa would be the same as taking 6 ap classes sr year (assuming i get 5.0s)?

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Well if you’re taking 5 ap classes senior year, that means you’ll also be taking 1 regular class right? For my school that would be a maximum of 4.83 while all 6 ap classes would be a 5.0 GPA with all As.

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I would be taking a elective as pass/ fail which wouldn’t factor into my GPA

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so both options would be 5.0 max

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That only works if the number of credits each year is exactly the same.

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@skieurope oh really? :o oops how is it done then?

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@joyce1517 You would need to add up the total number of grade points earned over the period of time in question, and then divide by total # of credits earned. [url=<a href=“http://reslife.berkeley.edu/gpa-calculator%5DHere%5B/url”>http://reslife.berkeley.edu/gpa-calculator]Here[/url] is an example.