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When you re-take a course, which grade is used for your cumulative GPA?

crimematic
edited August 2013 in General
I re-took a course and got 4 letter grades higher my second time. But my CGPA didn't replace my old mark with the new one, it took both marks (old and new). I know this because of the number of credits

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  • 112233
    it should take the new grade. I've retaken plenty of classes and I've never had it do that. Could be a glitch?
  • Whydoihavetoregister
    Talk to the registrar office, have them sort it out for you
  • ezc
    edited August 2013
    Did you just retake it this summer?  Sometimes it takes a while for the system to update everything.  In a few weeks, the system will do an update (when the honour rolls are determined) and it might show up then.  They don't do these system updates until everyone's grades are in and any last minutes changes are made.

    Check your transcript.  Underneath the first time you took the class, it should say "Repeated: Repeated-Excluded."  If it doesn't, I would just give it a few weeks (unless you need it urgently for taking classes in Sept).  If it doesn't exclude it by mid-Sept, definitely talk to an advisor.
  • GRP
    give it some time, should be updated automatically
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Wait whattt so you can retake courses and have it boost your GPA and remove the older grade? I never knew this, I thought it counts both. Can't you somehow use this to cheat tuition and retake courses to get A+'s and get a really high GPA to get the open scholarship? 
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Or does the re-take tuition offset any potential scholarship.
  • iStudent
    Yea, you can retake courses to get higher GPA, but youre essentially paying for the course again so that's money you have to spend before you even get to open scholarship. Also, student loan doesn't cover repeats :/
  • MXC
    Wait student loans don't cover repeats? Then if i repeat a course does it still count towards my full time student status with regards to the no. of course units I'm takinh?
  • BeAnBeAnBeAnBeAn
    Thanks for the tips iStudent
  • ryan
    Besides upfront tuition costs, there is also the actual time you spend re doing the course. In most cases the time would be better spent taking a new course.
  • Whydoihavetoregister
    Repeat credits don't count towards your "full time credit hours" when applying for student loans.
  • iStudent
    Yea, for full-time status I believe you'll need (at least) 3 courses in the term that are NOT repeats

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