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The overall GPA is a numerical value that most students think represents them academically. That headline number on your transcript just seems to pull at … Read More

Students tend to follow their cumulative GPA very carefuly, following each new grade as it swings that figure upward or downward. If they gets a … Read More

All those hours spent learning in college are distilled down to one number from zero to ten on 10-point scale. When you glance over your … Read More

A college transcript is not simply a bunch of letter grades. College admissions is very concerned about course difficulty. That’s why there is 5.0 scale. … Read More

The number doesn’t add up, so you look at your transcript and shake your head. Why isn’t it working out? It’s simple, one of those … Read More

A single number on your report card seems like a final thing, but then it’s time for jobs, for scholarships. So you got an eighty-eight … Read More

Maybe you think of it as a sort of scoreboard. In truth, though, your GPA is mechanical: your grade point average are a weighted average, … Read More

Your transcript contains a list of courses, credit hours, and (hopefully) good grades. But to you, the information appear as data, and sometimes as noise. … Read More

The typical high schooler views his or her GPA as a mindless average. An “A” in advanced calculus equals an “A” in biology, end of … Read More