GPA: Un-Weighted Gpa

Intro:
We have learned a lot this year. All the things we have learned all fold back to planning for the future. Not just getting in the college, but also studying for anything. The things we have learned were GPA, Learning Style, Mindset, Academic Honesty, Time Management, and the THOrT Map.
GPA:
First of all GPA stands for Grade Point Average. Your GPA is a reflection on your academics standing and are put on a scale that ranges from 0.0 to 4.0. Your GPA is so important because college/scholarship programs will need a certain GPA to offer admission and give financial aid. There’s 2 type of GPA: Un-weighted GPA and Weighted GPA. Un-weighted GPA uses the 4.0 scale to see how many points are earned per SEMESTER. Weighted

GPA falls under a 5.0 scale. This is only when you take any Pre-AP or AP classes. This help you get into a college better.To grade a Un-weighted GPA, you must first look at your grades and see what each grade falls in on your GPA scale. Then you add all the GPA points together. After that, you divide it by how many subjects you have. Like so…
Math:75--2.3,Science:81-2.7, and English:85-3.0=8.0/3=2.6
If you were on a weighted scale, it’ll help your GPA rise.

For instance, if you were in a Pre AP class, then you’ll be added 0.5 points in that subject.

Like…
Math:75-2.3,Science:81-2.7+0.5-3.2, and English:85-3.0=8.5/3=2.8

Learning Style:
A learning style is a way of learning.

It’s basically how you learn new things. It is important because it helps you with new materials and study them. You have 7 different learning styles. You have visual, auditory, verbal, physical, logical, social, and solitary learners. Visual: They learn by facts. They have to see it, to believe it. They benefit from using charts, maps, and notes.Auditory: They learn by hearing. They benefit from having soft background music when they study. They can’t have it too quiet like the library. Verbal: They have to learn new material by hearing the information being spoken to them.Physical: They are hands on type of people. Role-Playing help them learns the material.Logical: Logical learner is practical thinkers. They like to ask a lot of questions.Social: They work well in groups. They value what people say about their work.Solitary: They like to work alone. They will work ahead of people. Especially if they think it’s easy to them. They’re good for the group, as long as you keep them on the same page as you.Each of the learning styles makes you, you. How you study, how you write notes. All of this goes back to learning

styles.
Mindset
Mindset is a mental attitude, that determines how you will interpret and respond to a situation. Mindset is important because it develops your intelligence. There are 2 types of mindset: Fixed mindset and Growth mindset. A fixed mindset are set up for failure. They don’t put forth the effort and think less of themselves. There are 3 steps to developing a mindset.”Step 1: Learn, learn, learn.” You want to learn more about things. Your curiosity grows. Instead of just wanting to get the highest and Valedictorian, you also want to learn even more.”Step 2: Realize hard work is the key.” You put in effort in everything you do. They know the harder they work the better they become.”Step 3: Face setback.” They basically take ownership of their mistakes.
These are the 3 things to Growth mindset. This where everyone want to get at, or are at.
Academic Honesty
Academic honesty is basically taking ownership of your work. That mean not cheating on any work and not plagiarizing. Plagiarism is when you take some else’s work and claim it as your own. When working on an essay you can use some of the people work. This is call Paraphrasing. Paraphrasing is when you rewrite something into your own words.
Time Management
Time management is how you spend your time productively. People lack time management because they believe they have too many things to do. Then on top of that they procrastinate. There are a couple of ways to have good time management. One way is to plan everything. Make a schedule on everything you are going to do. Then see what you can get done first. Another way is to get your priority straight. See what is important the most.
THOrT Map
A THOrT Map is something that helps you study. THOrT stands for Topic, Heading, Order of ideas, and Trigger words. The Topic is the main idea. The Heading is like a sub-title. “The Orders of ideas in clockwise order”. The Trigger word is any words that will help remind you the heading or order of ideas. The THOrT Map can only be used for language, history, biology, or elective classes.
Conclusion
So far my academics are good, except I have failed one class. This is because I have not been managing my time properly. The classes I’ve been the most successful in Algebra. I have struggled with Spanish, but yet I got a B. I later want to become a veterinarian, so I have to get a VDM (Veterinarian Doctor in Medicine). To be ready for this, I must turn in all of my work and get in Pre-AP in Science next year. For now my goals is to just turn in all of my work.