What does a 3.8 average in college mean?

Answer 1

On a 4.0 scale, that is good. A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0. If you are taking 5 classes, all weighted the same, then 4 A's and 1 B is (4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 3)/5 = 3.8

If they are not all the same number of credits, then you must multiply each grade number(0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0) by the number of credit hours for that class. Then add them up and divide by total number of credit hours that you took.

Suppose you had 4 courses, which are 3-hour, and 1 lab which is 1-hour credit. So you have 13 credit hours total. If you got an B in one of the 3-hour classes, and A's in everything else (including the lab), then you have:

4.0 * 3 (for the 3-hour classes) = 12.0 each of those classes * 3 classes = 36.0

3.0 * 3 (for the class you got a B) = 9.0

4.0 * 1 (for the lab you got an A) = 4.0; Add them up 36+9+4 = 49.0, then divide by 13 = 3.77