Final Transcript/GPA HELP!

[mom2g2b]

Can you end up with a GPA of 4.0 if you have received a B in a class? Each year there has been one class that my dd has earned a B and the rest of the grades are A's. When I try to compute the GPA I keep getting 4.0. Is there anyone that can help me?

[teachermom]

no

If you have LOTS of classes, you might end up 3.9 something.

Say she did 5 classes a semester, so 10 a year. 9 were A's and 1 a B, so over four years, you would have 36 A's and 4 B's. 36x4= 144, 3x4=12. 144+12=156 156 divided by 40 = 3.9

7 classes a semester= 14 a year. 52 A's and 4B's = 220 divided by 56 = 3.92857......

Even the above 7 classes a semester with only one B for the whole four years comes out to 3.98214......

The more A classes, the more 'diluted' those B's become, but you still can't get to 4.0. HOWEVER - if you have honors classes that get counted on a scale of an A is 5 points on a 4 point scale, then you CAN get a 4.0. ONE 5 point A each time you get a 3 point B means you just got 8 points for those two classes, the same as if you got two A's. OR if all the B's were honors classes, they would count 4 points, as if they were an A.

clear as mud?

[mom2g2b]

I must be doing something wrong. She has 28 credits for 4 classes got a B. Is there anyone that would be willing to look at her transcript and calculate the GPA for me. I found an online calculater but it only let you put in 20 classes. I hate being math challenged.

[MAC]

There's no way she'd have a 4.0. I'd be happy to look at it for you.

[vicki]

Vinnie had five years of college classes. He earned "A" in all of them except for three credits of A-. His GPA: 3.998. Not a 4.0.

Nope, no way.

[teachermom]

So she had 24 As and 4 B's?

24x4=96 + 4x3=12
96+12=108
108/28=3.8571428.......

round to 3.857 or 3.86 or 3.9

[mom2g2b]

I am going to look at a gain this morning. Teachermom I'm going to see if it's like what you said with the number of A's and B's. Thank you.

[blessingx3]

No, you cannot end up with an unweighted 4.0 if you have a single B. case in point: My dd is entering her senior year. She has 32 credits so far. Of those 32 credits she has one ,1 credit class in which she received an A-(3.67), and one , 1/2 credit class in which she received a B+(3.33). Her final GPA is 3.98. If your dd has gotten one B every year , throughout 4 years of Highschool, her GPA is most likely 3.9-something.

Another poster stated that you can give 5 points for an A in an honors class. While this is technically true, this is called a weighted GPA. Most colleges will not accept a weighted GPA, and will unweight it based on their own scale. This could make her GPA come out lower then if you unweighted yourself, because they will unweight ever grade on her transcript ( including non honors classes). In an unweighted transcript even an A+, in an honors or AP class is still just a 4.0. You can however assign a higher GPA for pluses and minuses below A.
A- 3.67
B+ 3.33
B. 3.0
B- 2.67
C+ 2.33
Ect...

[blessingx3]

Oh and with 28 credits, 4 of which are Bs, I get the same as the poster above.
3.857 or 3.86. GPAs are rounded to 100ths place, not the 10th, so you would not round to 3.9

Here is how I got this GPA :
24 As and 4 Bs
24 x 4 = 96
4 x 3 = 12
96 + 12 = 108
108 / 28 credits = 3.8571 which rounds off to 3.86