Grade Point (Noun)
Meaning
A numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- A student's grade point for a course is typically calculated by multiplying the grade point value of the letter grade by the number of credit hours awarded for the course.
- Her grade point for the semester was high due to the rigorous coursework, with a 4.0 for the four-credit biology lab.
- The instructor reported the grade points for each student in the course, which were then used to calculate their overall GPA.
- The university's transcript policy rounded each grade point to the nearest tenth, which sometimes affected students' overall GPAs.
- For the statistics course, the professor assigned a grade point value of 3.7 for a B+, which when multiplied by the four-credit value of the course, gave a substantial boost to students' GPAs.