Comments | vanishingemily: My History Class, and My GPA!!!

vanishingemily

My History Class, and My GPA!!!

Jun 09, 2007 11:18

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT A 224 OUT OF 250 ON MY FINAL EXAM, WHICH MEANS THAT I GOT AN A IN THE COURSE!!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG I AM SO FUCKING HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!! I GOT A 91 IN THE COURSE (which is still a fucking A-minus, fucking hell, but at least I got an A which is what I wanted) WHICH MEANS THAT I GOT A 4.0 AND THAT WILL ( Read more... )

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nimoloth June 10 2007, 17:00:29 UTC

So what's a GPA for? We don't have them.

vanishingemily June 11 2007, 18:24:36 UTC

Um...I honestly have no idea how to answer that question. It's a numeric score representing how well you do on average in all your classes. It's called your Grade Point Average. An A is a 4.0, a B is a 3.0, a C is a 2.0, a D is a 1.0, and an F is a 0. The higher your GPA at graduation from high school, or college or university, the better chances you have at getting admitted into a more prestigious college or university, or grad school program, respectively. (This is in addition to how well you do on your entrance exams: SAT or ACT for admission to college or university from high school, GRE for admission to PhD programs from college or university, MCATs for admission to medical school, and others for admission to other types of graduate programs.)

My high school GPA at graduation was 3.36. My university GPA right now is about 3.43.

vanishingemily June 11 2007, 18:25:04 UTC

Okay, so I guess I answered it pretty well. At least, I hope I did.

nimoloth June 12 2007, 10:56:01 UTC

I think we have a vaguely similar thing in UCAS points (University and College Admissions Service), but it's mostly irrelevant - no one seems to care. Admission to uni is simply on grades, for example, for physics at Glasgow, you must have four Bs, or two As and a C including maths, physics and english. There are no entry exams for universities or colleges, either undergraduate or postgraduate. There may be an interview for medicine, vet or Oxford and Cambridge, but that's about it. To get a PhD place, you need a first or a 2:1 degree, and there may be a short interview to help choose between candidates.

Every other country seems to test and examine more than Scotland!