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How to calculate your grade point average (GPA)
To compute your GPA, multiply the number of attempted units by the grade point value for each course, add the grade
points, and divide by the total number of attempted units. Using the chart below, estimate your own GPA for this semester.
• List the course number and title of each class you’re taking in the first column.
• List the estimated grade for each class in the second column.
• Find the point value for each grade in the Grading Policy Chart below and write the value in the third column.
• List the number of units for each class in the fourth column.
• Multiply the point value by the number of units and enter the result in the last column.
• Do not list courses with CR, NC, I or W, or remediation courses.
• Total the number of grade points and units and enter those sums in their corresponding box.

Course Number and Title

Grade

Point Value

x

Units

=

x

=

x

=

x

=

x

=

x

=

x

GPA Points

=

Totals
(total GPA points) ÷

(total units) =

(Semester GPA)

Grading Policy Chart
Letter Grade

Grade Points

Letter Grade

Grade Points

A

4.0

C

2.0

A-

3.7

C-

1.7

B+

3.3

D+

1.3

B

3.0

D

1.0

B-

2.7

D-

.07

C+

2.3

F

.00

The following letters or abbreviations on transcripts have no point value:
I (Incomplete), CR (credit), NC (no credit earned), W (Withdrawal), IC (0 grade points = fail),
WU (0 grade points = fail)
Use the same method of calculating your cumulative GPA once you’ve completed more than one semester.

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