Calculating the average

[Guest archchivalry]

I wonder about GPA system at University.

 

Which one is the right way to calculate average?

 

1.Let's say from 2 courses I got 86 and 94.

If I average it up, it will be 90.

Which will be GPA of 4.00.

 

2.Or is it calculated in a way that I get

GPA of 86(About 3.8?) and GPA of 94(4.00)

and average up?(3.90?)

 

Thanks.

[Guest Steve U of T]

The second method is the way things are done. GPA is not an average of averages. You determine a grade point for each course you've taken, then average those. By the OMSAS scale, the 86 (let's say from U of T), would be worth 3.9, and the 94 would be worth 4.0. The gpa based on those 2 courses would be 3.95.