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Instructors submit a grade for each course at the end of each fall and spring semester and each Summer Session. Students may access their grades using CUNYfirst.
To calculate your Grade Point Average you must know the following:
- Each grade corresponds to a numerical equivalent, as indicated below in the Grades Equivalent Definition/Quality Point chart.
- Each course carries a certain number of credits. First, multiply the numerical equivalent of the grade earned in each course by the number of credits each course is worth. The result is known as "quality points." For example, a 3-credit course with a grade of C+ would give you 6.9 quality points (3 X 2.3 = 6.9).
Then, add all the quality points together, and divide the total by the number of credits taken. The result is the Grade Point Average.
Sample:
| Course | Grade | Numerical Grade Equivalent |
X | Credits | = | Quality Points |
| MATH 151 | A |
4.0 |
X | 4 |
= | 16.0 |
| ENGL 110 | B |
3.0 |
X | 3 |
= | 9.0 |
| ARTH 001 | C- |
1.7 |
X | 3 |
= | 5.1 |
| BIOL 1050 | B+ |
3.3 |
X | 5 |
= | 16.5 |
15 |
46.6 |
Then: 46.6 quality points divided by 15 credits = 3.106 GPA.
Grades Equivalent and Definition/Quality Point
| Grades | Equivalent | Numerical Value/Definition/Quality Point |
| A+ | 97-100 | 4.0 (GPA in Good Academic Standing) |
| A | 93-96 | 4.0 (GPA in Good Academic Standing) |
| A- | 90-92 | 3.7 |
| B+ | 87-89 | 3.3 |
| B | 83-86 | 3.0 |
| B- | 80-82 | 2.7 |
| C+ | 77-79 | 2.3 |
| C | 73-76 | 2.0 |
| C- | 70-72 | 1.7 (GPA places student in Academic Probation) |
| D+ | 67-69 | 1.3 |
| D | 60-66 | 1.0 (Grade of D is the lowest passing grade in the undergraduate division) |
| F | 0-59 | 0.0 |
| WF, WU | 0.0 | |
| FAB, FIN, or FPN | 0.0 | |
| ABS (Absent) | Temporary grade assigned when student is absent from final examination; student required to make arrangements with instructor for completion by the end of the nest regular semester. |
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| F | Failure |
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| FAB | Failure because temporary ABS (Absent) grade is not resolved by the following semester |
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| FIN | Failure because temporary INC (Incomplete) grade is not resolved by the end of the next regular semester |
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| INC (Incomplete) | Temporary grade indicating semester's work incomplete |
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| NC (No Credit) | No credit earned (automatically when first semester freshman fail a class.) |
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| P (Pass) | Grade of A+ through D earned in course for which student elected the P/NC option |
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| W (Withdrawn) | Withdrawn without penalty, does not count in grade point average |
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| WA (Withdrawn, Administrative) | A student is not in full compliance with the College's immunization requirement |
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| WF (Withdrawn, Failing) | Late withdrawal granted by the Undergraduate Scholastic Standards Committee while student failing course; counts as failure |
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| *WN (Withdrawn, Never Attended) | Assigned to students who never attended and did not officially withdraw from a course |
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| WU (Withdrawn, Unofficial) | Assigned when students stop attending class without permission; counts as failure |
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| Z | An instructor has failed to turn in grades for an entire class (Upon graduation Z grades are converted to F, unless an appeal is made to USSC) |
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