Quick question - what's the GPA scale at University of Central Florida (UCF)? I'm trying to calculate my GPA according to their system. Also, what do they consider as an 'A' or 'B', percentage wise?
The University of Central Florida (UCF) employs a traditional 4.0 GPA scale to calculate GPAs, similar to many other institutions. Here's how the breakdown works:
- A (excellent): 4.0
- A-: 3.7
- B+ : 3.3
- B (good): 3.0
- B-: 2.7
- C+ : 2.3
- C (satisfactory): 2.0
- C-: 1.7
- D+ : 1.3
- D (minimum passing): 1.0
- D-: 0.7
- F (fail): 0.0
That being said, the exact percentage equivalent of these grades may vary slightly based on the professor or the course. However, typically, a grade in the interval of 90-100% is considered an 'A' and a grade in the interval of 80-89% is considered a 'B'.
To calculate your GPA, you assign each of your earned grades a point value, multiply these values by the credit value of each respective course, sum these total points, and then divide by the total number of course credits you have attempted.
For example, if you took a 3-credit course and got an 'A', a 4-credit course and got a 'B', then your GPA would be calculated as follows:
((4 points 3 credits) + (3 points 4 credits)) / (3 credits + 4 credits) = 3.43 GPA
You'd apply this same formula to all your completed courses to calculate your cumulative GPA.
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