How to get a 4.0 GPA in my prerequisites?

sKris · May 14, 2011

It depends on your school. Some schools weight +\- as well (A-, A, A+). If your school doesn't use a +\- system then it's your grade (A=4, B=3, C=2, D=4) times the credit hours for each class, dived by the total credit hours taken.

For example if you had

English 3cr -- A

Statistics 3cr -- B

Chemistry 4cr -- A

Med terminology 1cr -- B

Then your GPA would be:

(3*4)+(3*3)+(4*4)+(1*3)=40/(3+3+4+1)=3.64

HTH

boojum · May 14, 2011

I just started summer classes at my community college, I'm taking prerequisites for the nursing program. Right now it's Prealgebra and Science of Human Nutrition.
I want to make it my goal to get a 4.0 gpa in my prerequisite classes. I know it's not impossible, especially if I really devote myself and since I don't work and I'm 17 with pretty much no obligations then I feel I owe it to myself to make a 4.0 gpa.
But I have a few questions....how exactly is a GPA calculated...like if you get an A in that class...percentage 90-100 then it's a 4.0 and then that's all your classes averaged out? How is it calculated?
And what are somne tips and advice you would give me for studying for these classes?

Tips for getting a 4.0: go to class every day, be on time and don't leave early. Read the syllabus carefully and make a note of all your deadlines and any other requirements. Do any and all extra credit that is offered. Go to office hours and ask questions. Don't wait until the night before an exam to realize you don't understand something-- if you catch this early, there are always ways to fix the problem (like going to office hours.) Find other people in your class to study with, and quiz each other before exams. Participate in class and make sure the professor knows you want to be there.

Good luck!

1arngqtnurse2be · May 14, 2011

I have the same question as skylarslaughter. I recently gave birth and now my son is 3 months old. I am so determined to start school again in the Fall. I am in the Army National Guard and I was wondering if I should CLEP out of my prereq's since the test is free for military members. Any advice on what I should do would be greatly appreciated. I currently attend Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, GA. I plan on becoming a nurse anesthetist. Thanks in Advance:stdnrsrck:

Saysfaa · May 14, 2011

adding to boojums list:

- The first day of class is the most important even though you probably won't cover much of the material - take careful notes on that day (that is when the prof tells you all the things that he likes and that bug him)

- read the book, the rule of thumb is two hours study time for each hour in class and it is better to do that consistently from the beginning rather than megasessions later

-do all the homework problems (multiple times if they don't come easily by the end of the assignment - and again as part of studying for the test),

-take notes in class (the act of writing as you listen is actually more important than reading the notes later, for many people at least - except rereading the first day's notes is very important)

About CLEPping: one of my schools has a list of which CLEPs they will accept (into psych, intro soc, and one other that I don't remember because I already had that), the other allows any of the CLEPs but only for gen ed (the "additional classes to make a total of x number of credits" - the prereqs specifically required by the program have to have letter grades. Another school I looked at allows any of the CLEPs but only up to a certain number of credits (9, I think). My daughter's school doesn't accept any CLEPs but did accept all the credits on her transcript from her previous school even though some of them were CLEP credits.