At least in college/university, you receive so many credits for a class. Your grade corresponds with a number on a 0-4 scale. 0 = F, 1 = D, 2 = C, 3 = B, and 4 = A. For a particular class, each credit is worth between 0-5 points, so to speak, and you multiply that by the number of credits points that the class is worth. As you take more credits, you accumulate more credit points. Then, at the end of the quarter/semester/four years, those credit points are divided into the total amount of credit points possible to get one's Grade Point
Average.
Here's an example:
You get a B in a class that's worth 4 credits. B=3, so 3x4=12 credit points out of a possible 16. You get an A in a class that's worth 3 credits. A=4, so 4x3=12 credit points out of a possible 16. You then get a D in a class that's worth 5 credits. D=1, so 1x5=5 out of a possible 20.
12 + 12 + 5 = 29 credit points out of a possible 52 points = 1.79 GPA, or a C-.
I think I graduated with a 3.72 or something. Almost high honors, but I didn't want to write that 8 page essay in Russian
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