How the GPA is calculated
At Macon State College, a student's institutional GPA is calculated based upon dividing the total number of Quality Points earned by the total number of academic Grade Point Average (GPA) hours. You can find these numbers online on your academic transcript in the student records link in your Banner Web account. The institutional GPA excludes learning support grades. The institutional GPA determines academic standing, and honors.
Quality Points: Quality points are accrued based on the grade received and the number of hours for the course. For example, an A grade equals 4 quality points per semester hour. So, a 3 hour course graded as an A would receive 12 Quality Points. See the quality point information for each grade below.
GPA hours: This number represents the total number of graded academic hours (excludes I and W grades) the student has attempted. For example, a student took five 3 hour courses during a semester for total of 15 hours attempted, withdrew from one course (W grade), received an A, a C, a D and an F grade would have a total of 12 hours that would be calculated in his or her GPA. WF grades count as F grades.
PREDICT YOUR GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA)
| Grading System (Refer to the catalog for complete information) |
| Grade | Description (Catalog) | Quality
Points |
| A | Indicates excellent work | 4.0 |
| B | Indicates good work | 3.0 |
| C | Indicates satisfactory work | 2.0 |
| D | Passing | 1.0 |
| F | Failing | 0.0 |
| WF | Withdrawal Failing | 0.0 |
| I | Incomplete | |
| IP | Progressing - Learning Support | |
| W | Withdrawal (no penalty) | |
| WM | Withdrawal (no penalty). Military student deployed during emergency | |
| S | Regents' Test Remediation Course. Satisfactory | |
| U | Regents' Test Remediation Course. Unsatisfactory | |
| V | Audit - not included in GPA | |
| K | Examination - not included in GPA | |
| NR | No Grade Submitted | |
| % Grades | Learning Support - not included in GPA | |
| ^ Grades | College Prep deficiency remediation - included in GPA | |
| # grades | Academic Renewal - not included in GPA | |
| * grades | Transfer courses - not included in GPA | |
| Repeated Courses |
Most recent grade included in GPA (I); previous courses excluded (E) from GPA starting Fall 1999. To calculate correctly, exclude repeated hours and grade in "purple" entry area.
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Definitions:
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| Current GPA | -- Includes grades for institutional academic courses for a specific term. |
| Cumulative GPA | -- Includes grades for all institutional academic courses taken. See Grading System above for explanation of the grades included in the Cumulative GPA. The term GPA Hours (GPAH) refers to the total number of semester hours for all courses comprising the Cumulative GPA. (See grades shaded in green above) |
- The GPA is equal to the number of Quality Points (QP) divided by the number of GPA Hours (GPAH).
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Quality Hours (QH) = total number of hours for courses student received a grade of A, B, C, D or E (including + and - grades)
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Quality Points (QP) = number of credit hours per course multiplied by the value of the grade received. Example values: A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0
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IMPORTANT: You must convert quarter hours to semester hours to arrive at an accurate GPA. To convert quarter hours to semester hours, use .67 as the factor. For example, 1 quarter hour equals .67 of a semester hour. (5 Quarter hours = 3.33 Semester Hrs; 3 Qtr hours = 2 Semester Hrs)
This GPA Calculator was adapted from the GPA Calculator created by Tom O'Brien of the UC Berkeley Academic Achievement Division, and the University of Kentucky.
