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Grade Point Average - GPA

Grade point average (GPA) is a number between 1-4 that indicates a student's average academic performance. It is used to judge if a student meets the standards of their degree program. GPA is calculated differently in different countries and systems. In India, GPA is calculated by dividing the total grade points earned by the total credits attempted. The GPA is used to determine eligibility for scholarships, graduate programs, extracurricular activities, and organizations as higher GPAs indicate higher achieving students.

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Grade Point Average - GPA

Grade point average (GPA) is a number between 1-4 that indicates a student's average academic performance. It is used to judge if a student meets the standards of their degree program. GPA is calculated differently in different countries and systems. In India, GPA is calculated by dividing the total grade points earned by the total credits attempted. The GPA is used to determine eligibility for scholarships, graduate programs, extracurricular activities, and organizations as higher GPAs indicate higher achieving students.

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Grade Point Average (GPA)

Definition:
Grade Point Average is a number that indicates how well or bad a candidate scored in his/her courses on
average. It is always measured in numbers between 1 to 4. This number is then used to judge whether a
student meets the expectations and standards set by the various degree programme or university. GPA
calculation varies from county to country. The Indian education system also follows a GPA grading scale,
however, it is different to the International GPA scale used by schools abroad, like in the Australia and
US.

Working of GPA
1. Grade Point Average is a score used to evaluate the candidate’s success during the entirety of
degree programme.
2. It is the same way that faculties give a student’s score to evaluate the progress.
3. In other words, it’s an average number that shows what a student is typically scored in classes
throughout the semester and year.
4. GPA can go up and down throughout the time. And it changes according to the improvement or
deterioration of a student during the course.

Grading System of GPA


Grading systems differ in other parts of the world, we’ll first have to fathom some of the ways that
different countries use their grading system.

 1 - 10 (Netherlands, Colombia, Latvia, Macedonia, Israel, etc.)


 Percentage (Kuwait, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, etc.)
 A - F (in the U.S., Canada, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, etc.)
 1 - 5 (Germany, Austria, Russia, Slovakia, Paraguay, etc.)

GPA calculation
GPA is calculated by dividing the average of grade points a student achieves, by the total hours attended
by the student.

Suppose A=4, B=3 and C=2. Let’s see the calculation.

Class credits Grade Grade Points

English 3 A 3X4=12
Physics 3 B 3X3=9
Math’s 3 C 3X2=6
Arts 3 B 3X3=9

Total Grade Points = 36


Total Credit = 12
Grade Point Average : 36/12 =3

Hence the Grade of the student is B

GPA Formula
𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑋 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑠
(GPA) =
𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑠

US Grade vrs Indian Grade


This is shown in below table.

Indian Percentage Grading System Letter Grades US 4-point GPA System

60-100 A 4
55-59% B+ 3.5
50-54% B 3
43-49% C+ 2.5
35-42% C 2
0-34% F 0

Benefits of GPA:
GPA is really a good way of showing how good of a student is during the degree programme.

 Applying for a scholarship.


 Applying for a graduate or post-graduate programme.
 Doing any extra-curricular activities
 Joining an organization.

Conclusion
 GPA is the key used to unlock other exciting things during the study.
 Organizations can easily know what kind of student you are based on GPA.
 Whether you’re a hard-working or ambitious student, Universities rely on your GPA.
 Universities, Organizations, Colleges always want high-achieving students, so they will look for
GPA with higher in value.

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