Re: How do ya calculate GPA? » Larry Hoover

Posted by alexandra_k on January 9, 2005, at 15:27:24

In reply to Re: How do ya calculate GPA? » smokeymadison, posted by Larry Hoover on January 9, 2005, at 11:44:19

There are online GPA calculators. I couldn't use them because I wasn't sure how our courses compared to yours (in terms of hours per week) etc.
There is another system as well. It is used in the US sometimes. A+ = 9, A = 8, A- = 7 and so forth. You would have to get pretty close to ALL A+'s to get a 9.0 average. The A's would bring you down, see? - and scores are calculated to 2 decimal places.
According to the Philosophical Gormet Report (which does rankings of analytic philosophy institutions and is available online), on this system 'an 8.3 from Princeton is equivalent to an 8.8 from somewhere unknown'. So that should give you some indication of EXCEPTIONALLY high grades. I swear they say this just to put the sh*ts up people.

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How do ya calculate GPA? alexandra_k 10/31/04
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? utopizen 10/31/04
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? smokeymadison 11/22/04
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? » smokeymadison alexandra_k 11/22/04
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? » smokeymadison Larry Hoover 1/6/05
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? » Larry Hoover alexandra_k 1/7/05
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? » alexandra_k Larry Hoover 1/7/05
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? » Larry Hoover alexandra_k 1/7/05
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? smokeymadison 1/8/05
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? » smokeymadison Larry Hoover 1/9/05
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? » Larry Hoover alexandra_k 1/9/05
Re: How do ya calculate GPA? alexandra_k 1/9/05
Or maybe they are just getting snobbier... (nm) alexandra_k 1/9/05

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