grade point
noun
: one of the points assigned to each course credit (as in a college) in accordance with the letter grade earned in the course
called also quality point
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Because many homeschooling families don’t calculate GPA, limited data exists comparing homeschool vs. public school grade point averages.
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Sarah Garone, Parents, 30 July 2024
Instead, when the résumés contained no information about the applicants’ race, the participants chose the student from their own party roughly 80 percent of the time, even when that student had the lower grade point average.
—Amy Chua, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2020
Women and minorities studying STEM had to have a 4.0 grade point average to get the same level of enthusiasm from employers as a white man with a 3.75 GPA, according to research by Wharton economists Judd Kessler and Corinne Low.
—Sarah Green Carmichael, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2024
West Valley students with at least a 3.8 grade point average who have demonstrated a commitment to learning about Black history and culture can apply to transfer to Sacramento State and enroll in the Black Honors College as early as next spring.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024
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Sarah Garone, Parents, 30 July 2024
Instead, when the résumés contained no information about the applicants’ race, the participants chose the student from their own party roughly 80 percent of the time, even when that student had the lower grade point average.
—Amy Chua, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2020
Women and minorities studying STEM had to have a 4.0 grade point average to get the same level of enthusiasm from employers as a white man with a 3.75 GPA, according to research by Wharton economists Judd Kessler and Corinne Low.
—Sarah Green Carmichael, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2024
West Valley students with at least a 3.8 grade point average who have demonstrated a commitment to learning about Black history and culture can apply to transfer to Sacramento State and enroll in the Black Honors College as early as next spring.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 28 July 2024
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“Grade point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grade%20point. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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