Question

You currently have 24 credit hours and a 2.8 GPA. You need a 3.0 GPA to get into USF. If you are taking 16 credit hours this semester, what GPA must you get in order to raise your GPA to the correct level? Set up an equation and use algebra to solve.

Answer 1

Since the student has 24 credit hours and a 2.8 GPA, he/she has 24*2.8 = 67.2 credit points. Let x GPA be needed to get a GPA of 3 after 16 more credit hours . Then the credit points received are 16x. Further, since for a 3.0 GPA in 24+16 = 40 credit hours, the credit points needed are 40*3 = 120, hence 67.2 + 16x = 120 or, 16x = 120-67.2 = 52.8 so that x = 52.8/16 = 3.3. Thus, the student must get a 3.3 GPA in the remaining 16 credit hours this semester, in order to get a 3.0 GPA to get into USF.