CalculatingyourGPA
GeorgeMasonUniversitycombinesaquality‐pointaveragesystemandsemestercredithoursforcalculating
astudent’sgradepointaverage.Thefollowingisabreakdownofthequalitypointsassignedtoeach
correspondinggradeforundergraduatestudents(thislistcanalsobefoundatcatalog.gmu.edu)
Grade
QualityPoints
A+/A
4.00
A‐
3.67
B+
3.33
B
3.00
B‐
2.67
C+
2.33
C
2.00
C‐
1.67
D
1.00
F
0.00
TocalculateyourGPA,multiplythequalitypoints(QP)ofwhateachofyourgradesisworthbythenumber
ofcreditsyouearnedforeachclass.Addallofyourqualitypointstogetheranddividethatnumberbythe
totalnumberofcreditsyoutookforthesemester.Anexampleislistedbelow:
Course
Grade
BIOL103
A
HIST100
C‐
MATH113
B
UNIV100
A
PSYC100
B+
QualityPointValue
4
1.67
3
4
3.33
X
X
X
X
X
X
TotalCrd.
Credits
4
3
4
1
3
=
=
=
=
=
=
15
TotalPts.
GPA=47/15=3.133
QualityPoints
16
5.01
12
4
9.99
47
NowthatyouknowhowtocalculateyourGPA,usetheblanktablebelowtoestimateyourprojectedGPAfor
thissemester.Enterinthecoursesyouarecurrentlyenrolledin,alongwiththegradesyouanticipate
receivingineachcourse.
Course
Grade
QualityPointValue
Credits
X
X
X
X
X
X
TotalCrd.
=
=
=
=
=
=
TotalPts.
GPA=
QualityPoints
OnceyouhavecalculatedyouranticipatedGPAforthecurrentsemester,youcancalculateyourestimated
cumulativeGPAbyusingtheformulabelow:
CumulativeGPA=
(TotalQualityPointsfromTranscript)+(ProjectedQualityPointsfromabovechart)
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(TotalCreditHoursfromTranscript)+(ProjectedCreditHoursfromabovechart)