Lets just use the straight scale without the minus/plus marks for the sake of arguement.
Grade Point Values
A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
D = 1
F = 0
everyone knows how colleges compute GPA's im assuming. but just for the hell of it, i'll skim through it. You take the grade point value and multiply by the units; add those up, then they're divided by the total number of units.
for example
class 1 = A with 4 units
class 2 = B with 5 units
class 3 = C with 3 units
so thats 16 (4 grade points times 4 units for one A) plus 15 (3 grade points times 5 units for one B) plus 6 (2 grade points times 3 units for one C)
so the total grade points, 16+15+6=37
and the total units taken is 4+5+3=12
and the gpa is 37/12 which ends up to be 3.083
most colleges replace repeat classes with the higher grade, but the amcas will average the grades out: that much I know, but how do they do it? do they include the total number of units for the repeated classes or just the averaged grade unit value, and take the average of grades???
for example, you take a class three times (i've done this a few times with other classes) in my case i took bio 1 three times. the class was 4 units, and the first time i took it, i got an F, second time an A and a third time at a different school, i got an A again. so my question is, if they average it, how do they compute?
for example... do they average the grades and leave the unit denominator (total units taken) alone? or do they include EACH attempt into the unit denominator???
because the GPA would be different right?
In effect, say for instance in my case i took the bio class 3 times so thats
1st attempt F, 4 units, 0 grade points
2nd attempt, A, 4 units, 16 grade points
3rd attempt same as second, so thats 32 total grade points ( 0 + 16 + 16)
and lets just say i took chem, with 5 units getting a A, so thats 20 total grade points. if you add all the units together, thats 12 units attempted for Bio and 5 units for chem, which is 17 units, and a total of 52 grade units which yields 3.05 (52/17)
but on the other hand, if you took the average grade for bio which is 0 + 16 + 16 = 32, then divide it by the 3 attempts, you get = 10.33 grade units, for bio, then by adding 20 grade units for chem, you get 30.33 grade units; you get a total of 9 units attempted (5 + 4), and a total GPA of 3.37
I guess im asking if they count repeats as totally different classes when calculating the GPA, or if they actually "average" the grade within the attempts themselves.
thanks guys, i hope this isnt too confusing because i confused the hell out of myself trying to ask this question...
Grade Point Values
A = 4
B = 3
C = 2
D = 1
F = 0
everyone knows how colleges compute GPA's im assuming. but just for the hell of it, i'll skim through it. You take the grade point value and multiply by the units; add those up, then they're divided by the total number of units.
for example
class 1 = A with 4 units
class 2 = B with 5 units
class 3 = C with 3 units
so thats 16 (4 grade points times 4 units for one A) plus 15 (3 grade points times 5 units for one B) plus 6 (2 grade points times 3 units for one C)
so the total grade points, 16+15+6=37
and the total units taken is 4+5+3=12
and the gpa is 37/12 which ends up to be 3.083
most colleges replace repeat classes with the higher grade, but the amcas will average the grades out: that much I know, but how do they do it? do they include the total number of units for the repeated classes or just the averaged grade unit value, and take the average of grades???
for example, you take a class three times (i've done this a few times with other classes) in my case i took bio 1 three times. the class was 4 units, and the first time i took it, i got an F, second time an A and a third time at a different school, i got an A again. so my question is, if they average it, how do they compute?
for example... do they average the grades and leave the unit denominator (total units taken) alone? or do they include EACH attempt into the unit denominator???
because the GPA would be different right?
In effect, say for instance in my case i took the bio class 3 times so thats
1st attempt F, 4 units, 0 grade points
2nd attempt, A, 4 units, 16 grade points
3rd attempt same as second, so thats 32 total grade points ( 0 + 16 + 16)
and lets just say i took chem, with 5 units getting a A, so thats 20 total grade points. if you add all the units together, thats 12 units attempted for Bio and 5 units for chem, which is 17 units, and a total of 52 grade units which yields 3.05 (52/17)
but on the other hand, if you took the average grade for bio which is 0 + 16 + 16 = 32, then divide it by the 3 attempts, you get = 10.33 grade units, for bio, then by adding 20 grade units for chem, you get 30.33 grade units; you get a total of 9 units attempted (5 + 4), and a total GPA of 3.37
I guess im asking if they count repeats as totally different classes when calculating the GPA, or if they actually "average" the grade within the attempts themselves.
thanks guys, i hope this isnt too confusing because i confused the hell out of myself trying to ask this question...
