General Weighted Average!

13th stranger · Oct 23, 2008

Can someone explain the concept of GWA in nutshell please! I dont understand it. Some hospitals in the Phil. requires it for employment. MAY I KNOW WHAT IS A DECENT GWA RATING? what is the acceptable gwa for ust, slmc, makati med etc? help please.

here's what i understand of it. GWA is your average grade when you graduated. Add up all your averages for each semester in college, then divide the total by the number of semesters you had. some hospitals are requiring it, because, (in my opinion) , with the sheer number of nurses applying for them, they can afford to be picky and choose to entertain only the cream of the crop, those with higher GWAs than the rest. of course, this makes sense, since GWA reflects your grades in college, and thus the kind of student you were, and the kind of nurse you will be.

as to the acceptable GWA..hmmm..it depends. in my school, 1 is the highest grade, and 5 is the failing mark, so obviously, the closer to 1 my GWA is, the higher average i had. however, i know of some schools who have it the other way around, with 5 as the highest mark.

you can ask for your GWA from your school for a fee. they'll give you this official document stating your gwa and its equivalent meaning, if it falls under "failed", "good", "excellent", etc.

hope this helped.

orangestar · Oct 23, 2008

simply, GWA is your average grade. I don't know about the other hospitals but I believe UST requires a 2.0 average for interested applicants.

spongebob6286, BSN, RN · Oct 23, 2008

it sums up all your grades in college. thats why its called average. i just dont know how the school computes it. i heard in slmc, you should have gwa of 2.0 or better. but of course they do not only based on gwa. there are still other criterias to look at.

jennygump · Oct 23, 2008

GWA is your GPA, grade point average.

Each subject you took has a weight in units or credits. You multiply the grade you got in each subject by its number of units. Then you add all of these and divide by the total units.

A decent average? If you belong to the top half of your class i think you're alright. The problem is if there are 5000 of you competing for 1 position, your employer will raise the bar.

alphakid · Oct 23, 2008

Thank you guys!!!