GPA Lesson

GPA Lesson

GPA

• Grade

• Point

• Average

Multiple Choice

What does GPA stand for?

• Grade Point Assessment

• Grade Point Average

• Grade Point Awesomeness

• Grade Point Awarded

• Your GPA is the average of all your semester report card grades for the courses you take in high school.

• What is the average mean?

• Pretty much which grades you are most likely getting... 3.0 means mostly B's 4.0 means mostly A's etc

Because it’s an average, every grade has an impact.

When you get into High school you will have MORE classes and that GPA will grow until you graduate

And because it’s an average, the more grades you’ve already earned, the harder it is to make dramatic changes in your GPA. Once you hit your junior and senior years, usually more than half the grades for your final GPA have already been “baked into” the calculations. Meaning it wont make a huge change.  

FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEAR

So, it’s important to do your best starting in ninth grade, and make every grade count!

GPA = Forever

So.. once you get into highschool your GPA stays with you .....

You dont get to start a new GPA every year.... they BUILD on eachother

Multiple Choice

What does GPA show?

• How you did in your senior year of high school

• The average of your grades in ALL your classes in high school

Multiple Choice

Does your GPA restart every year?

• Yes - new year means a fresh start!

• No - every year my GPA averages together

Multiple Choice

True or False. GPA is an important factor colleges look at when deciding to admit students.

• True

• False

Grade to "Points" Conversion

​This scale is used to determine how many points will be averaged together to make your GPA. It starts at 4.0 for an A and goes down 1 point every letter grade. +/- is worth .3 points

Multiple Choice

An A is worth

• 1.3

• 2.7

• 3.0

• 4.0

• 0.0

Multiple Choice

A grade of a B- is worth

• 1.0

• 2.7

• 3

• 4.0

• 0.3

Multiple Choice

A grade of a C is worth

• 1.0

• 2.0

• 3.7

• 4.3

• 0.7

Multiple Choice

A grade of a C is worth

• 1.0

• 2.0

• 3.7

• 4.3

• 0.7

Multiple Choice

A grade of a D is worth

• 1.0

• 2.3

• 3.3

• 4.0

• 1.3

Multiple Choice

A grade of a D is worth

• 1.0

• 2.3

• 3.3

• 4.0

• 1.3

Multiple Choice

If you do not pass a class (F), the amount you earn that is calculated into your GPA is

• 1.0

• 2.0

• 3.4

• 4.0

• 0.

​How to Calculate Your GPA:

Step 1:
Record your grades from each class you are taking.
ELA_____

Math_____

Geography_____

Science_____

AVID_____

Related Arts_____

How to Calculate Your GPA:

Step 2:
Count how many of each Letter Grades you have.
A_____
B_____
C_____
D_____
F_____

​How to Calculate Your GPA:

Step 3:
Multiply each grade that you received by the value listed.
A_____X 4 =
B_____X 3 =
C_____X 2 =
D_____X 1 =
F_____X 0 =

​How to Calculate your GPA

Step 4:
Add up the total grade points earned.
_______________
Total Grade Points

How to Calculate your GPA

Step 5:
Add one point for every honors or AP course in which you earned a C- or higher.
_______________
Total Weighted GPA

How to Calculate your GPA

Step 6:
Divide the total grade points by the number of classes for which you have grades.
TGP (Total Grade Points) ÷ NC (Number of Classes) = Your GPA

1. Avoid classes you don't need.

2. Meet with a tutor.

3. Speak with your teachers.

4. Set goals for yourself.

5. Turn in assignments on time.

6. Join a study group.

7. Study topics as you go.

8. Improve note-taking skills.

9. Participate in class.

10. Organize yourself.

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Ways to improve your GPA: