How to calculate cumulative GPA from multiple colleges?

Question

How do I calculate my cumulative GPA from multiple colleges? I have gone to two California Community Colleges and have a cumulative GPA of 2.15 in one, and 3.08 in the other. The application for a CSU (Cal State University) asks for the cumulative total GPA from both schools.

Answer 1

You don't calculate your GPA this way. They are completely separate entities. State them separately.



When you graduate, the only GPA that is of interest is that of the GPA from where you graduated. The others don't matter.

Answer 2

Take the weighted average:



[Sum of ] (Credits * Grade Point) / (Total Credits Attempted)



Where sum is the total you add up for every credit*grade point from every single class you took in your college career with some exceptions (see below)



Where Grade points are A=4, B=3, etc. On a +/- system you need to adjust such that A- = 3.7, B+ = 3.3, etc.



In total credits attempted you would not include "W" grades since those had no weight in the formula; Do include F's however (hopefully you got none of those!)



So let's say you took only 2 courses in your life, both being 3 credits and you earned an A in one and a D in the other:



[(3*4) + (3*1)] / 6 = 2.5



Also, you wouldn't include any remedial-type courses that you may have taken at a CC. Common examples are introductory algebra classes or basic writing courses due to a low placement test score.



It's easiest to do this in a spreadsheet so you can keep track of the numbers easily and not make any errors nor have to do the actual calculations more than once -- it's easy to screw up somewhere on a calculator with so many entries.

Answer 3

You need to total the GPA's from each course you have taken then divide by the number of courses. Don't add together the total from each college because you didn't take the same number of courses from each college (I assume)