GPA/Cumulative GPA
Steve earns B’s in 5 of his classes; and an A in
his Geometry class. What is his GPA for the
semester?
What does it mean to be #1 in your class?
Calculate Cara’s GPA:
Algebra
AEnglish
B+
Civics
B
Band
A
Spanish
B+
Biology
A
Describe what it means to be in the top 10% of
your class.
Mark needs a 3.5 GPA his first semester of
senior year in order to get into the University
of Colorado. Here are his grades; does he
have a 3.5 GPA?
College Algebra
APhysics
c
Lit & Comp
BUS History
BAstronomy
A
Weight Lifting
B
Mason wants to apply for the Gates
Millennium Scholarship and needs a 3.3
cumulative GPA. Mason’s cumulative GPA
coming into senior year is a 3.2. What GPA
does Mason need to earn in order to qualify
for this scholarship?
Amy has earned all A’s for 3 semesters but
earns a B in her government class in her 4th
semester. What is her cumulative GPA? (She
takes 6 classes each semester)
Lindsay’s goal is to graduate high school with
a 4.0 GPA. She earns a B- in Biology her
sophomore year. Will Lindsay meet her goal
of a 4.0?
Calculate John’s cumulative GPA.
Algebra 1
B
Geometry
APhysics
C+
Chemistry
B
English
D
Lit. & Comp.
C+
US History B
Geography
BSpanish 1
A
Spanish 2
C+
Journalism AJournalism
B
Who has a higher GPA; Paul or Paula?
Paul
Paula
Geometry
A
B+
World History
BB+
Chemistry
AB+
English
C+
B+
French
AB+
Lifetime Fitness
B
B+
Billy has 1 A, 3 B’s, 1 C, and a D. Calculate
his GPA.
True or False: You can earn a GPA above a
4.0
Janice has 2 A’s, 1 B, 2 C’s, and a D. Does she
have a 2.5 GPA?
Calculate Joe’s GPA
Weight Lifting
A
Algebra 2
CEnglish
D
Geography
D+
Biology
C
Pottery
D
Joe needs to maintain a 2.5 GPA to be eligible
for wrestling, is he eligible?
Emma wants to try out for the soccer team
but needs to have a 3.0 GPA to be eligible.
Calculate her GPA to see if Emma can play
soccer.
Environmental Science
CStatistics
B
English
AWorld History
BWood Shop
BWorld Language
B
Finances/Saving for College
Jim has a job after school and makes $425 a
month. If he put 10% of his pay check each
month in a college savings account for 2
years, how much money would he save for
college?
True or False: Loans don’t have to be paid
back.
Describe the difference between a checking
and saving account
Sharon likes to purchase a latte every morning
on her way to class every morning. Her latte
costs $3.75. How much money is Sharon
spending on coffee each month? How about
for the entire school year?
It’s the start of your junior year and you
haven’t started saving for college. You want
to have $3,000 saved for your freshman year
in college to pay for books, school supplies,
clothing, recreation, and other personal
items. How much do you need plan on saving
each month for the next 24 months?
What are 4 types of Financial Aid?
Average starting salary for someone with a
college degree is $15,000 more than someone
with a high school diploma. You took out a
college loan for $30,000 and are paying $250 a
month for your loan. How much more money
are you making each month than your roommate who didn’t go to college?
You deposit $50 into a checking account and
$50 into a savings account. In 5 years, which
account will have more money?
You take out a loan of $15,000 to help pay for
your college education. If you pay it back
over 10 years, how much would your monthly
payment be?
A UB student can earn up to $40 a month. If
that UB student saved half of every check for
a school year, how much would that student
save?
True or False: Grants must be paid back
True or False: Federal Student loans have
some of the highest interest rates of any type
of loan.
You take out a $20,000 loan that charges 4.0%
interest rate to help pay for college. How
much do you end up paying for that loan?
True or False: If you have made 120
consecutive loan payments on your federal
college loans, you could have your loans
forgiven.
True or False: A scholarship will give you
money to help pay to decorate your dorm
room.
College Knowledge
True or False: You can earn a bachelor’s
degree at St. Cloud Technical and Community
College.
There are only 30 accredited Veterinarian
Schools in the US. There were 6800
applicants for 2700 spots in those schools.
What is the percent chance an applicant has
in getting accepted to a veterinarian school?
To become a doctor you need; 4 years of
under graduate school to earn a bachelors, 4
years of medical school to earn a doctorate of
medicine, and an average of 5 years in a
residency program. How old will you be when
you become a doctor if you start college at
18?
What type of college is ideal if you want a
career as a teacher, social worker, or a
lawyer?
What is the average ACT score for a student
wanting to be accepted to a medical school
after they earn a bachelor’s degree?
a. 22
b. 25
c. 31
d. 19
What is the average ACT score that will get
you safely accepted into MNSCU schools?
What type of college is ideal if you want a
career as a medical assistant or an
electrician?
What type of college is ideal if you want to
earn a degree in 2 years?
True or False: General Education and Liberal
Education mean the same thing.