Following the instructions in parentheses, you may use this chart to predict your semester and cumulative GPA. If you have access to Microsoft Excel, you can download this file, which will perform the necessary calculations for you.
Step One: Fill in Current Credits and Quality Points Number of A-E credits
(from transcript)
Current quality points
(credits * gpa)
Current GPA
(from transcript)
Step Two: Enter this semester's expectations Fill in number of credits earning each of these grades
Expected Grade Value A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D
4 3.7 3.3 3 2.7 2.3 2 1.7 1.3 1
(multiply credits by value) (multiply credits by value) (multiply credits by value) (multiply credits by value) (multiply credits by value) (multiply credits by value) (multiply credits by value) (multiply credits by value) (multiply credits by value) (multiply credits by value)
D-
0.07
(multiply credits by value)
0
(multiply credits by value)
E
Total A-E credits this semester
Quality Points
(add columns) Total quality points this semester
Expected GPA for this semester Cumulative credits
(divide this semester's credits by this semester's quality points) (add prior A-E credits to this semester's A-E credits)
Cumulative quality pts With this semester GPA, Cumulative GPA would be:
(add prior quality points to this semester's)
(divide cumulative points by cumulative A-E credits)