{"id":4912,"date":"2013-05-06T09:13:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T14:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4912"},"modified":"2013-05-06T09:13:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T14:13:53","slug":"can-there-be-any-more-types-of-gpas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4912","title":{"rendered":"can there BE any more types of gpas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi aska!<\/p>\n<p>I just read the calendar on probation and It&#8217;s a little unclear to me. It says,<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;<br \/>\nA student who, at the end of the Fall\/Winter or Summer Session during which he or she is on probation<br \/>\na) has a cumulative GPA of 1.50 or more shall be in good standing<br \/>\nb) has a cumulative GPA of less than 1.50 but an annual GPA of 1.70 or more (Fall\/Winter Session)\/sessional GPA of 1.70 or more (Summer Session) shall continue on probation. &#8221;<br \/>\nHow exactly is annual gpa and cgpa different from each other? From what I&#8217;ve read they seem the same&#8230;Also, for courses not to be marked &#8216;extra&#8217;, you&#8217;ll need to not take more than 6 100 level FCE&#8217;S. Do similar rules apply to 200+ level courses as well? or is there only a limit for 100 level courses? When exactly are we informed on rosi if we&#8217;re on probation or not?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>?????????<\/p>\n<p>Hey hey,<\/p>\n<p>I suppose all the different types of GPAs can be confusing, so I present you with some definitions, provided by my handy dandy now only offered online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca\/ofr\/calendar\/Rules_&amp;_Regulations.html\" target=\"_blank\">Calendar<\/a>!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CGPA = Cumulative GPA. This one incorporates every single course you&#8217;ve taken in your undergraduate career, hence the &#8220;cumulative.&#8221; Although it excludes any extra courses, to be clear.<\/li>\n<li>Annual GPA = the GPA based on the whole of the Fall-Winter session. So basically everything you took in your second year, for example.<\/li>\n<li>Sessional GPA = the GPA of a single session. So there&#8217;s a Fall Session. A Winter Session. A Summer session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now the only time a course will be marked extra is when you end up doing some sort of surplus. So yeah, you&#8217;ve got the no more than 6.0 FCE 100-levels taken care of. Another time something is deemed extra is when you retake a course you&#8217;ve already passed. In this situation, your first grade is the one that counts toward your CGPA, but the second one is only really taken so that you can meet a program requirement. And another time something might be considered extra is when you take an exclusion of something you&#8217;ve already gotten the credit for.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s no limit for 200\/300\/400 level courses the way there is for 100s, but keep in mind you need a certain number of 300 and 400 ones to graduate.<\/p>\n<p>And lastly, you&#8217;ll learn whether or not you&#8217;re in probation in a few weeks when GPAs are released. They&#8217;re being calculated at the moment, but a little birdie told me that they&#8217;ll be around for the <a href=\"http:\/\/beerforthepeople.blogspot.ca\/2009\/07\/how-to-do-good-keg-stand.html\" target=\"_blank\">May two-four weekend<\/a> to make it or break it for you.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi aska! I just read the calendar on probation and It&#8217;s a little unclear to me. It says, &#8221; A student who, at the end of the Fall\/Winter or Summer Session during which he or she is on probation a) has a cumulative GPA of 1.50 or more shall be in good standing b) has a cumulative GPA of less than 1.50 but an annual GPA of 1.70 or more (Fall\/Winter Session)\/sessional GPA of 1.70 or more (Summer Session) shall continue on probation. &#8221; How exactly is annual gpa and cgpa different from each other? From what I&#8217;ve read they seem the same&#8230;Also, for courses not to be marked &#8216;extra&#8217;, you&#8217;ll need to not take more than 6 100 level FCE&#8217;S. Do similar rules apply to 200+ level courses as well? or is there only a limit for 100 level courses? When exactly are we informed on rosi if we&#8217;re on probation or not? Thank you! \ud83d\ude42 ????????? Hey hey, I suppose all the different types of GPAs can be confusing, so I present you with some definitions, provided by my handy dandy now only offered online Calendar! CGPA = Cumulative GPA. This one incorporates every single course you&#8217;ve taken in your undergraduate career, hence the &#8220;cumulative.&#8221; Although it excludes any extra courses, to be clear. Annual GPA = the GPA based on the whole of the Fall-Winter session. So basically everything you took in your second year, for example. Sessional GPA = the GPA of a single session. So there&#8217;s a Fall Session. A Winter Session. A Summer session. Now the only time a course will be marked extra is when you end up doing some sort of surplus. So yeah, you&#8217;ve got the no more than 6.0 FCE 100-levels taken care of. Another time something is deemed extra is when you retake a course you&#8217;ve already passed. In this situation, your first grade is the one that counts toward your CGPA, but the second one is only really taken so that you can meet a program requirement. And another time something might be considered extra is when you take an exclusion of something you&#8217;ve already gotten the credit for. But there&#8217;s no limit for 200\/300\/400 level courses the way there is for 100s, but keep in mind you need a certain number of 300 and 400 ones to graduate. And lastly, you&#8217;ll learn whether or not you&#8217;re in probation in a few weeks when GPAs are released. They&#8217;re being calculated at the moment, but a little birdie told me that they&#8217;ll be around for the May two-four weekend to make it or break it for you. Cheers! aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}