the GPA
 

Would someone explain to me how the GPA system works.

What percent is a 2.5 GPA and what GPA is a 70%?

A-4.0 GPA
B-3.0 GPA
C-2.0 GPA
D-1.0 GPA
F-0.0 GPA

Alright though that was very helpful mate our schooling is done in %'s so what %'s line up with those marks?

btw i found this

http://www.onlineconversion.com/grade_point_average.htm

somewhere between 70 and 80/ more like a 75%

it depends on your school grade scale... but GPA is different than %. GPA is on a 4.0 scale, and % is obviosly on a 100 point scale. 4.0 is A 3.0-3.9 is a b 2.0-2.9 is a C and so on.

A=4
B=3
C=2
D=1
F=0

you take all your grades and give them the right amount of points then you average them out and you get your GPA

They work on different systems, and so do some schools.

Here's my school:
4.0 - A
3.7 - A-
3.3 - B+
3.0 - B
2.7 - B-
2.3 - C+

etc....

Anyway, some schools give an A+ a 4.3, which is BS, but that has to be accounted for.

Anyway, a 2.5 is halfway between a C and a B, which are traditionally C = 70%, B = 80%, so 75%

A 70% by the same reasoning would be a 2.0

thats how some of my classes assign points, but when it comes down to what the grades mean, 3.0-3.9 counts as a b... and so on

So ~ 81% would be like 3.8-4.0 GPA?

No, 81% = ~B, so 3.1

ya basically there is no difference between a 90% and a 95% on the GPA system. I was talking to a proff today after some tutoring and he explained that it balances out peoples marks so that a student who get a few 100%s and a bunch of 50%'s will have the same or lower GPA as someone who gets mostly 75's.

I never knew an 81 is a B. I always thought anything above 80 was an A. Oh well. :)

Well, the GPA system works on weighted averages. A couple of 4.0s and lots of 50%s (F) = 0, will get you close to a 0 GPA.