College grading system

[xrax]

you could retake some courses to boost your GPA. If you retake all the courses you got less than an A to get a 4.0 then you will be in college forever.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Juno

Originally posted by: CadetLee

Originally posted by: Juno

Originally posted by: CadetLee

Originally posted by: Juno
i'm currently carrying a 2.4 and i'm third year but i can reach up to 3.8-3.9 by sixth year.

not by semester, it's by quarter. 😀

If you're 1/3 through with a 2.4..and manage to score 4.0 for the remaining 2/3..won't you still end up with a 3.46?

i plan to stay for summer school as well.

How many credit hours have you completed, and how many will you have when you're finished?

You're pretty optomistic if you're planning on straight As for the rest of your degree, and only have a 2.4 to show so far.. 😛

98 credits completed and have 158 left to go.

i think you are right, i would have reached 3.5 by graduation. i'm not good at math. 🙁

Sorry 🙁
98 + 158 = 256
98 * 2.4 = 235.2
158 * 4.0 = 632
632 + 235.2 = 867.2
867.2 / 3.3875

Originally posted by: xrax
you could retake some courses to boost your GPA. If you retake all the courses you got less than an A to get a 4.0 then you will be in college forever.

FTW 🙂

 

[BlueFlamme]

OP any info on credit hours taken/remaining?


Juno I was in a similar boat to yours, after my freshman year I had a 2.6 and after doing decent (3.5 GPA average for the rest of my undergrad) I still only got it up to a 3.1 [however, it should be noted that I transfered in 29 credits that did not count towards my GPA since they were from another school, and those were the easy courses where I had like a 3.9]

Best bet is to get above 3.0 and go to grad school, then do decent there. The workplace won't care about your undergrad since it got you into grad school, they'll look at that instead. (I finished with a grad school 3.5 and got the highly contested job I applied wanted most)

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: BlueFlamme
OP any info on credit hours taken/remaining?


Juno I was in a similar boat to yours, after my freshman year I had a 2.6 and after doing decent (3.5 GPA average for the rest of my undergrad) I still only got it up to a 3.1 [however, it should be noted that I transfered in 29 credits that did not count towards my GPA since they were from another school, and those were the easy courses where I had like a 3.9]

Best bet is to get above 3.0 and go to grad school, then do decent there. The workplace won't care about your undergrad since it got you into grad school, they'll look at that instead. (I finished with a grad school 3.5 and got the highly contested job I applied wanted most)

thanks for the tip, i am planned on going to graduate school after receiving my BFA degree in industrial design.

 

[DVK916]

I had under a 2.0 after my freshman year, now I have 3.33 GPA in my 4th year. I only retook 1 class too.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Syringer
Employers/grad schools also like it when they see good progress in grades. So even if you started out with a 3.1, getting anything higher than that will definitely help your cause. You can put something on your resume like:

Overall - GPA: 3.4
Junior/Senior GPA - 3.7 or something

That looks really lame. IF you're going to put more than one GPA on your resume, it should be your major GPA. At least that has some relevance. Putting your junior/senior year GPA on there tells your employer you screwed around your first two years and didn't take college seriously. Putting your major GPA on there tells your employer that you're a lot better in the area that is most applicable to your job than your GPA indicates.

Straight from a book that discusses and interviews those in consulting and investment banking positions:

Let's say that you have a risng trned in grades but had a bad sophomore year; you received a 3.3, 2.8, 3.5, and 3.7 in your four years. List your total GPA (3.32), but next to it, highlight your average for your last two years by stating, "GPA during junior and senior years: 3.6".

Also, from Andrea Baum, VP of Goldman Sachs and the head recruiter for one of the most prestiguous and most competitive firm out there:

If a candidate had a difficult freshman year and then showed and improving trned, that's meaningful to us.

Would you rather hire someone who did well in their first two years and then started slacking off? Or is currently in a mode where he/she talkes school and life seriously?

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: Ketteringo
You can get infinitely close but never reach it, over an infinite amount of time.

In 4 semesters the best you can get up to is a 3.55.

Some colleges give > 4.0 for A+. However, to go from a 3 to a 4, you'd have to average a 5 for the rest of your time there . . . . hahahaha, at rice an A+ is 4.33, so no, you will never have a 4.0

 

[Syringer]

Oh yeah, I heard at Stanford an A+ is 4.33.

Private schools ftl.

 

[homestarmy]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Syringer
Employers/grad schools also like it when they see good progress in grades. So even if you started out with a 3.1, getting anything higher than that will definitely help your cause. You can put something on your resume like:

Overall - GPA: 3.4
Junior/Senior GPA - 3.7 or something

That looks really lame. IF you're going to put more than one GPA on your resume, it should be your major GPA. At least that has some relevance. Putting your junior/senior year GPA on there tells your employer you screwed around your first two years and didn't take college seriously. Putting your major GPA on there tells your employer that you're a lot better in the area that is most applicable to your job than your GPA indicates.

How about ~3.4 undergrad and 4.0 or close for grad. That should look pretty good, no? That's what I'm hoping/working for...

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: homestarmy

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Syringer
Employers/grad schools also like it when they see good progress in grades. So even if you started out with a 3.1, getting anything higher than that will definitely help your cause. You can put something on your resume like:

Overall - GPA: 3.4
Junior/Senior GPA - 3.7 or something

That looks really lame. IF you're going to put more than one GPA on your resume, it should be your major GPA. At least that has some relevance. Putting your junior/senior year GPA on there tells your employer you screwed around your first two years and didn't take college seriously. Putting your major GPA on there tells your employer that you're a lot better in the area that is most applicable to your job than your GPA indicates.

How about ~3.4 undergrad and 4.0 or close for grad. That should look pretty good, no? That's what I'm hoping/working for...

the thing is that you are expected to have high grades in grad school anyways, since that's your selected and specialized field of study.