How will this affect my earned hours and GPA?
In college and in some high schools, students' work is given credit based on the completion and quality of their work. While students who pass are given earned hours, the quality is measured by a grade point average, or GPA.
Earning Credits
Students register for classes that meet one, three, or more hours a week for 15 weeks in a semester. A class might meet three hours a week for 15 weeks, totaling 45 hours of instruction, which grants passing students three credit hours, also known as earned hours.
Your GPA
Most American high school and college classes give quality points. The quality points of the GPA often correlate to alphabetical grades: A equals 4.0, B+ = 3.5, B=3.0, C+=2.5, C= 2.0 and so on, until D gets one quality point and the F earns 0.
Averaging Them Together
A GPA is the total number of credits attempted divided by the quality points in each class. For example, if a student passes English, which is 4 credits, with a 2.5, the credits and points for the grade are multiplied for 10 quality points. A 2.0 in Biology 101 (4 credits) earns 8 quality points, a 1.0 in Computer Science (3 credits) earns 3 quality points, and a 2.0 in American History (3 Credits) earns 6 quality points, When the 27 quality points are divided by 14 earned credits, the resulting GPA is about 1.9286.
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