Hi everyone. Ok so a long time ago I ended up failing two classes and getting a D. This really messed up my gpa and now it is a 2.2. I only had about 20 credits at the time. Maybe 9 that actually count. Anyway, I have returned and in all three of my classes I’m taking this semester I have all As. ALSO, I have about 16 classes left to take to graduate. If I get all As, will I be able to pull that 2.2 up to a 3.7 ? That would be two more years but I KNOW I can get all As.
thats a calculation you can do. good luck!
If your GPA for the first two years of school is 2.2, it’s difficult to see your GPA going beyond the 3-3.5 range. Even if you maintain a 4.0 for the remainder of this year and the two years after that, it’ll likely be closer to 3 than 4 when you apply to colleges.
20 x 2.2 = 44 grade points
16 x 4.0 = 64 grade points
108/36 = 3.0 gpa
Unless your school has grade replacement for classes you failed, your gpa can only be 3.0 at graduation. It will be even lower when you apply for college in senior year.
California state schools disregard hs freshman year grades so your max gpa would be higher for those schools.
By the way this is for community college NOT high school
I’d also like to add that I DID have a 2.1 about three years ago. I took one measly 1 unit class and passed with an A and it bumped my gpa up to a 2.2. So wouldn’t this mean that for every A I get, it would go up?
Only to a certain point will that hold true. The higher your GPA, the less the effect of one good grade will be.
The easiest way to show this is with an extreme example: let’s say Timmy is a very poor student, and averages 10% on his first 20 exams. That means his average score is 200%/20, or 10%.
Now, Timmy finds his professor’s answer sheet and scores 100% on his next 5 exams. His average score is now 700%/25, or 28%. His average has increased by a mean of 18% - or 3.6% per exam - after each of the last 5 exams.
Let’s look at another student, Jimmy. He’s done better so far, averaging 80% on his first 20 exams. An average score of 1600%/20. Being friends with Timmy, he uses the same answer sheet, and scores 100% on 5 consecutive tests. That brings his average score up to 2100%/25, or 84%.
Jimmy’s average has increased by just 4%, or 0.8% per exam, despite doing just as well as Timmy on the last 5.
I really doubt you’re averaging 10%, but the same idea applies: the higher your GPA is, the less each good grade will affect it.
I see. Makes sense 