I often have students ask me, “What is my GPA?”, “How can I improve my GPA?”, “Does GPA really matter?”. Unfortunately, I usually get these questions from junior and senior students as they are beginning to make their post-secondary plans, but it’s never too late to improve.

GPA, or Grade Point Average, is simply that. An average. It is a cumulative calculation of all the work that has been completed so far. I wanted to take the time to talk about GPA and show students and parents how to calculate it.

Each final mark that a student receives is translated into quality points. So an A would receive 4 quality points for that course, a B=3, C=2, and D=1. The points are then added up and then divided by the number of courses taken to obtain the average, or GPA. more “About GPA Pt. 1”