Category: Study Guides
Work out your attendance percentage, how many classes you can miss and stay above 75%, and how many you must attend to recover, with formulas, examples and a quick table.
Calculate your GPA in four steps: convert grades to points, multiply by credits, add up and divide. Includes a worked four-course example and answers to common questions.
CGPA is a credit-weighted average of your semester GPAs. See the formula, a three-semester worked example, why a simple average is wrong, and how to handle failed and transfer courses.
An unweighted GPA uses a 4.0 scale for every class. A weighted GPA adds extra points for Honors, AP and IB courses. See how both are calculated and which one colleges look at.
APA 7 website format: Author. (Year, Month Day). Title of page. Site Name. URL. See examples for no author, no date and organisation pages, plus in-text citations.
Divide the points you earned by the total points and multiply by 100. Worked examples, a letter-grade chart, how many questions you can miss, and the mistakes that throw your score off.
Multiply each category score by its weight, add them up, and divide by the total weight completed so far. Here is a worked example and the most common mistake students make.
Study for 25 minutes, break for 5, and take a longer break after four rounds. Here is how the Pomodoro Technique works, why it helps, and how to adapt it to your subject.
Percentage = marks obtained ÷ total marks × 100. Worked examples for one test, all subjects, and the marks you need for a target percentage.
On the US 4.0 scale a 3.0 is solid, 3.5+ is strong and 3.7–4.0 is near the top. Here is what counts as a good GPA in high school and college, plus UK, Canada and Australia.