11111111111111111111111111 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 How does a course worth only 1 credit affect your GPA? I'm taking organic chem which is worth 3 credits, and then a separate organic chem lab that is worth only 1 credit (it is a separate course from the actual orgo class since you can take the orgo class without taking the lab, but you cant take the lab without taking the real course) Anyway, I have 32 credits this year, and 16 for my first term, but this lab is only worth 1 credit. I really am horrible at labs and screwed up immensely in a really big lab and think I'll get around 75-80% in the worst case scenario. I was wondering how my overall GPA would be affected if i apply to other schools in different provinces (I go to UBC) since they use the OSMAS scale and if I convert 75% to OSMAS scale that would be 3.30, but since it's worth only 1 credit I was wondering if the blow is lessened? in terms of converting that grade to the OSMAS scale I was wondering how it would affect it? For example, these are my courses and some hypothetical marks Chem 233: 85% (3 credits) Biol 200: 85% (3 credits) Biol 112: 85% (3 credits) CLST 301: 95% (3 credits) Germ 100: 95% (3 credits) and then Chem 235:75% (1 credit) So if I were using OSMAS to calculate my gpa on a 4.00 scale what would it be? 85% => 3.90 95% => 4.00 75% => 3.30 So would my gpa be (3.90x3 + 4.00x2 + 3.30)/6 = 3.83? But the reason its so low is because the chem 235 lab is equally weighted with the other courses, so it factors in 1/6 of the gpa even though it's worth only 1/16 of the credits for this term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 You need to convert your grades to grade points. You do that by multiplying the grade by the total number of credit-hours. For example, if you get a 4.0 in one 3-credit course, the number of grade points is 4.0*3 = 12. In your hypothetical situation, three 4-credit 3.90 courses and two 3-credit 4.0 courses give a total grade point of 59.1. A 1-credit 3.30 course adds another 3.30 onto that total to give 62.4. The total amount of attempted credit-hours is 3+3+3+3+3+1 = 16. 62.4/16 gives you an overall GPA of 3.90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11111111111111111111111111 Posted October 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 Okay, thank you so much!!! Really appreciate it! I was so confused about this but you made it crystal clear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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