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Total Institution

The "institutional g.p.a." refers to credit earned at GSW utilizing the academic forgiveness policy [i.e. repeat policy of the last grade earned counting in the calculation]. This g.p.a. does not include the calculation of Regents' remediation classes nor Learning Support classes.

Total Transfer

The "total transfer g.p.a." refers to credit accepted from other institutions. Since only credit is accepted in transfer, not quality points, the g.p.a. hours and quality points will not display. Therefore, a transfer g.p.a. will not be calculated or displayed, except in cases where students are pursuing a 2nd undergraduate degree, if their 1st degree was earned somewhere other than GSW. In exceptional cases where a 2nd degree student has multiple prior institutions, the transfer g.p.a. will display as 2.0 with 120 prior hours earned, regardless of the total number of earned hours from combined institutions.

Overall

The "overall g.p.a." will reflect the same number as the total institutional g.p.a. However, the overall earned hours will include transfer work accepted by GSW.

Regents'

The "Regents' g.p.a." includes every course attempted at GSW with the letter grade of A, B, C, D, F, and WF. Students who repeated a class more than one time will have each attempt figured in the calculation [ex: for a student who repeated a class 3 times, the Regents' g.p.a. calculates all three final grades].

The "Regents' g.p.a." does not include the calculation of Regents' Remediation classes, Learning Support classes, or classes with the letters grades of I, K, NR, P, S, U, V, W, or any grade with a %.

True Cumulative

A "true cumulative g.p.a." is a manual calculation of all attempted work at accredited institutions, including GSW. A true cumulative g.p.a. is used to determine eligibility for graduation with academic honors of cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude. Students must also earn 54 hours in residence (at GSW) to qualify for graduation with academic honors.

Other Transcript Definitions

Attempted Hours
Refers to any course appearing on the transcript with a letter grade.

Passed Hours
Refers to any course appearing on the transcript with a letter grade.

Earned Hours
Refers to hours passed with a grade of D or higher. This category does not include Learning Support classes, ESL classes nor Regents' Remediation classes.

GPA Hours
Refers to the hours attempted at GSW utilizing the academic forgiveness policy [i.e. repeat policy of the last grade earned counting in the calculation]. This g.p.a. does not include the calculation of Regents' remediation classes nor Learning Support classes.

Quality Points
Quality points are assigned to each letter grade. A = 4 quality points, B = 3 quality points, C = 2 quality points, D = 1 quality points, F = 0 quality points, WF = 0 quality points.

GPA Calculation
The grade point average is the number of quality points earned divided by the number of credit hours attempted. Example:

UNIV 1000	1	credit hour		B	=	3	quality points
MATH 1111	3	credit hours		C	=	6	quality points
SOCI 1101	3	credit hours		A	=	12	quality points
GEOL 1121	4	credit hours		B	=	12	quality points
HIST 2111	3	credit hours		D	=	3	quality points
	14	credit hours				36	quality points

36 divided by 14 = 2.57 semester G.P.A.