Is this eHOW article accurate?

[ccarmona]

This explains how to calculate U-GPA + G-GPA for a grand total GPA. Let me know if you guys think its accurate or not.

http://www.ehow.com/how_8762599_calculate-gpa-plus-college-gpa.html

Check it out..

[Eigen]

A fair number of mistakes, but the biggest one isn't one in the article. The article is explaining how to calculate your cumulative GPA vs a semester GPA.

You don't combine undergrad and graduate GPAs the same way- mostly because once you've finished a degree (associates, bachelors, masters, etc) that GPA is fixed, and doesn't change.

But also, graduate and undergrad classes are judged on different scales, and held to different standards, so combining them really doesn't work that well.

You seem to be over-complicating the issue... Just report the GPAs you've earned for each of your degrees, since you've finished them all.

Edited March 29, 2012 by Eigen

[ccarmona]

A fair number of mistakes, but the biggest one isn't one in the article. The article is explaining how to calculate your cumulative GPA vs a semester GPA.

You don't combine undergrad and graduate GPAs the same way- mostly because once you've finished a degree (associates, bachelors, masters, etc) that GPA is fixed, and doesn't change.

But also, graduate and undergrad classes are judged on different scales, and held to different standards, so combining them really doesn't work that well.

You seem to be over-complicating the issue... Just report the GPAs you've earned for each of your degrees, since you've finished them all.

Great, thanks for the advice!