Help with WCCCD GPA

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Is your GPA figured out by total points divided by credits earned? Please help!!!

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Yes. Lets say you have a Composition class that was 3 credits that you received an A in. That'd be 12. You got a B in Microbiology, a 4 credit class, that'd be 12. You got an A- in Nutrition, 3 credits, which would be 11.1 (A- being a 3.7) Then you take the total sum of the credits being 10, add up the GPA values, which would be 35.1 and you divide 35.1 by 10, which would be a GPA of 3.51.

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WCCCD uses a straight grading system of 4.0, 3.0, 2.0 etc. They don't give out 3.7 or - grades. Keep that in mind when you are figuring your GPA for WCCCD.

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Yes. Lets say you have a Composition class that was 3 credits that you received an A in. That'd be 12. You got a B in Microbiology, a 4 credit class, that'd be 12. You got an A- in Nutrition, 3 credits, which would be 11.1 (A- being a 3.7) Then you take the total sum of the credits being 10, add up the GPA values, which would be 35.1 and you divide 35.1 by 10, which would be a GPA of 3.51.

How did u figure out the 3 credit class would equal 12? And how do i find out the gpa values?:confused:

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WCCCD uses a straight grading system of 4.0, 3.0, 2.0 etc. They don't give out 3.7 or - grades. Keep that in mind when you are figuring your GPA for WCCCD.

Are u sure they don't give out 3.7 because according to my grade report i have a 3.4:confused:

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Are u sure they don't give out 3.7 because according to my grade report i have a 3.4:confused:

Hi Sharazed,

WCCCCD grades are as follows:

A = 4.0

B = 3.0

C = 2.0 and so forth....

Now when you are given grades from your instructors, you are given an A, B, or C etc, based on how you did in the class....When WCCCCD calculates your GPA they go by the straight 4.0 scale, meaning that you get 4.0 points for an A, 3.0 points for a B, ect. Then they take those points and multiply it by the number of credit hours to get your quality points....then they take the total number of quality of points for all your grades and divide that by the total number of credit hours you have....

For example:

You have the following classes:

Bio 240 = A = 4.0 = 4 credit hours = 16 Quality points

Bio 250 = B = 3.0 = 4 credit hours = 12 Quality Points

Psy101 = A = 4.0 = 3 credit hours = 12 Quality Points

Eng119 = B = 3.0 = 3 credit hours = 9 Quality points

Bio 295 = A = 4.0 = 4 credit hours = 16 Quality Points

Totals 18 credit hours = 65 Quality Points

Now you divide 65/18 = 3.61 GPA

When Dare2care said that they don't give out 3.7 grades she meant that at some colleges they give out - grades like A- or B- which then gives you a 3.5 Quality point for an A- (now I am not certain that an A- would equal a 3.5 I am only guessing here because I have not attended a college that went by this grading.)

Hope this helps!:D

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Hi Sharazed,

WCCCCD grades are as follows:

A = 4.0

B = 3.0

C = 2.0 and so forth....

Now when you are given grades from your instructors, you are given an A, B, or C etc, based on how you did in the class....When WCCCCD calculates your GPA they go by the straight 4.0 scale, meaning that you get 4.0 points for an A, 3.0 points for a B, ect. Then they take those points and multiply it by the number of credit hours to get your quality points....then they take the total number of quality of points for all your grades and divide that by the total number of credit hours you have....

For example:

You have the following classes:

Bio 240 = A = 4.0 = 4 credit hours = 16 Quality points

Bio 250 = B = 3.0 = 4 credit hours = 12 Quality Points

Psy101 = A = 4.0 = 3 credit hours = 12 Quality Points

Eng119 = B = 3.0 = 3 credit hours = 9 Quality points

Bio 295 = A = 4.0 = 4 credit hours = 16 Quality Points

Totals 18 credit hours = 65 Quality Points

Now you divide 65/18 = 3.61 GPA

When Dare2care said that they don't give out 3.7 grades she meant that at some colleges they give out - grades like A- or B- which then gives you a 3.5 Quality point for an A- (now I am not certain that an A- would equal a 3.5 I am only guessing here because I have not attended a college that went by this grading.)

Hope this helps!:D

:specs: Hey thanks, now i can figure out how much i will have when i reach the application meeting. Been doing excellent in all the pre-req's all Eng 119 A, A&P I B, II A and , Pysc A, Micro --in progress co-req's seem to be a different story... Not so hot in soc 100, Dt-130 C, Patho A, HSC 200 A, Government B, Eng 120 B. Think i am ok as far as the GPA

Thanks for all the help:chuckle

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:specs: Hey thanks, now i can figure out how much i will have when i reach the application meeting. Been doing excellent in all the pre-req's all Eng 119 A, A&P I B, II A and , Pysc A, Micro --in progress co-req's seem to be a different story... Not so hot in soc 100, Dt-130 C, Patho A, HSC 200 A, Government B, Eng 120 B. Think i am ok as far as the GPA

Thanks for all the help:chuckle

They will only use your co-req's if will Increase your GPA, if it doesn't then they will only use your Pre-req GPA.

Right now you have a 3.71 GPA in your pre-req's. If you get an A in Micro then you have a 3.77. If you get a B in Micro 3.55 GPA.

Hope this helps!:D

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They will only use your co-req's if will Increase your GPA, if it doesn't then they will only use your Pre-req GPA.

Right now you have a 3.71 GPA in your pre-req's. If you get an A in Micro then you have a 3.77. If you get a B in Micro 3.55 GPA.

Hope this helps!:D

:yeah:I have a 3.5 how cool! I hope i get the A in Micro right now it's driving me banananas:confused: I think they should have put micro right after bio 155 they seem to go together. Unfortunately i took bio 155 last year and can't remember anything. Hopefully it will come back.:crying2:

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I have a question - out of curiosity.

I attended the May 19th application meeting with a 3.77 GPA. Not that it makes any difference, but I was curious as to whether they lock that .77 in, or if it's rounded up to a 3.8

Like I said, just curious!

Thanks

Teresa

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I have a question - out of curiosity.

I attended the May 19th application meeting with a 3.77 GPA. Not that it makes any difference, but I was curious as to whether they lock that .77 in, or if it's rounded up to a 3.8

Like I said, just curious!

Thanks

Teresa

Teresa, I am going to make an observated guess here and say that you will have a 3.77 GPA... The only reason I say this is because when you ask the nursing department what the lowest GPA is, they will tell you 3.43 which means a 3.42 did not get in. If they rounded up or down to the tenths place that would mean that the 3.43 would essentially be a 3.4 and would make the 3.42 eligable for entry as well.

This happed to a friend of mine!

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Specializes in Acute/Crit,Sup/Mgmt,Peds,Home/PriDuty,Ed.

Thanks for pointing that out to me - I hadn't thought of it like that.:specs:

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