5 Chapter 4: The Grade Poin (1/2)
As a student, your future on campus is determined by how strong your G.P. is. Your performance is not rated by your academic position in the cla.s.s Abut by the strength of your G.P. The beauty of it is that you really do not have to wait until your final year or your penultimate year before you begin to struggle for a wonderful result to graduate with. You build it up right from your first year. As though you are building a block of flat, each test you do, each examination you sit for, each a.s.signment you
submit, each laboratory report you write, all add together to make up your final year result on campus.
So, the earlier you start building a strong and formidable academic foundation, the better it is for you at the end of your journey on campus. Once you have successfully laid such foundation, all you need is to consolidate as the years go by.
THE G.P.A.
The G.P.A., as it is commonly called is an acronym for the Grade Point Average. This is a summary of the a.s.sessment of students' academic performance in a semester. It is awarded according to the student's score. Results of all the courses taken in each semester is c.u.mulatively added and averaged together. Each course of study is attached a weight called Unit. This Unit is measured by volume/hour/week. This means that the number of volumes a Unit carries is determined by the number of hours a.s.signed to it as lecture period per week. This Unit in essence presents the workload of each course and it differs from course to course. The Grade is the designated weight attached to each of the range of percentage scores obtainable in an examination and it is represented by the alphabets A to F. The percentage score is the varying degree of marks obtainable in an examination. This may vary slightly from one school to another. The Grade Point is the weight attached to each Grade. It runs from five points to zero point.
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% Score
Grade
Grade Point
70-100
A
5
60-69
B
4
50-59
C
3
45-49
D
2
40-44
E
1
0-39
F
0
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Below is a simple way to calculate your G.P.A.
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(1) Multiply your Grade Point by the Unit a.s.signed to the course to get the weighted G.P.A.
(2) Sum up the total units of all the courses taken.
(3) Also sum up the total weighted GPA for all the courses taken in the semester.
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COURSE CODE
COURSE UNIT
GRADE
GRADE POINT
WEIGHTED G.P.A
GEG 101
6
A
5
30
MEG 105
2
A
5
10
GST 103
2
B
4
8
PHY 107
2
B