Category: College

I never had any idea how many different types of GPAs there are! It can be overwhelming and confusing. This is unnecessary, especially considering that most of the time, when you talk about GPA, you...

Term (or semester GPA) and cumulative GPA are the most common types of GPA. Let's look at term GPA vs. cumulative GPA—what they are, how they are calculated, which is more important, and what...

Major GPA is one of the simpler GPA terms to understand since the meaning is in the name. However, there is still some variance in what colleges include in major GPA. Learn what a major GPA is...

All the different GPA terms can be so confusing! Luckily, institutional GPA is one of the simplest GPA terms (and one of the only ones that everyone defines the same way). Learn what...

Unfortunately, academic GPA and total GPA are sometimes used interchangeably, but they do not mean the same thing. What is academic GPA vs. total GPA? Academic GPA only includes final...

You can hear so many terms when it comes to GPA, and people and schools can use the terms differently, which can make it confusing. Let's look at some of those terms: cumulative GPA, overall GPA, and...