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The English full name of GPA is Grade Point Average, which means average grade point average. The GPA of American general courses is 4 points, that is, A=4, B=3, C=2, D= 1. There are also some advanced courses, such as honor courses and AP courses. The GPA score of a single subject can reach 5 points or even 6 points. The accuracy of GPA often reaches 1 to 2 digits after the decimal point, such as 3.0 and 3.45.

In practice, American universities often use the total GPA and the average GPA in the last two years. The overall GPA is the scores of all subjects calculated by the above method, and the GPA of the last two years is the scores of all subjects calculated by the above method. When applying for a school, students are sometimes asked to provide their GPA scores for the last year or semester separately.

In the United States, 90% of schools use the four-point GPA calculation method, and only 65,438+00% of schools will use the five-point GPA, that is, 5 points for A, 4 points for B, 3 points for C, 2 points for D and 65,438+0 points for E, so the minimum admission standards for these schools have been improved accordingly. When applying, China students should provide their grades according to the GPA system adopted by the original school, and indicate which GPA system is adopted (GPA: _ _ _ _ _). The scores of most schools in China are quite strict, which is very unfavorable to students in China. Many students with excellent actual grades are not 3.0 after converting their grades into GPA. In some universities, the total average score of the top five students in the class may be below 82, so when applying for American universities, the GPA will be below 3.0, and you can only enter some third-and fourth-rate schools. In order to eliminate this disadvantage, two methods can be adopted: one is to explain in the recommendation letter and reading plan that this GPA is actually caused by strict grading standards; Second, when providing transcripts, list the ranking and percentage of such achievements in the whole class or department.

Usually you can get more than c in undergraduate course. But graduate students must get at least a B.