1 Credit Courses

[meliora27]

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How are 1 credit courses such as labs factored into your GPA when it's calculated come application time. Do they count less then then 3 or 4 credit courses.

 

[DrMidlife]

Wow.

Grade point average weights every class by how many units it's worth.

So say you got a C in a 3 unit lecture, and an A in the accompanying 1 unit lab.

A C is worth 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, and an A is 4.0.

The lecture is worth (2 grade points) * (3 units) = 6 points.

The lab is worth (4 grade points) * (1 unit) = 4 points.

You took a total of 4 units, so the average is (6 + 4 points) / (4 total credits) = 2.5.

Given how this forum's been today, now you'll probably bitch about how unfair this is...

 

[meliora27]

Sounds perfectly fair to me actually.