How to Use grade point in a Sentence

grade point

noun
  • At Northern Cass, that means that grade point averages no longer exist.
    Yoree Koh, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Johnson, who has a 3.9 grade point average, plans to study business in college.
    Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 11 June 2023
  • Students on the Dean’s List have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the semester.
    Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • Brynli Pernell, Simon Kenton: The eighth-grade point guard had 19 points, including a perfect 9-for-9 at the free-throw line.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The mean grade point average was 3.7 out of 4.0, also an increase over prepandemic years.
    Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • An heir, for example, may have to attend a certain school or get a certain grade point average.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Can anyone who didn’t take Alabama history in the fourth grade point to Conecuh County with confidence and say that’s where the greatest sausage on Earth comes from?
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Its plan is to take an even harder look at grade point averages in core, college-preparatory classes.
    Ron Lieber, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Undergraduate students who achieved grade point averages of 3.5 or higher have been named to the Dean’s list.
    Sam Boyer, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
  • They also must have been honorably discharged, with at least 60 college credits and a 2.5 grade point average.
    Talia Richman, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Yan had a perfect 4.0 grade point average in his three years at the North Clackamas high school, the video said, and earned 88 college credits through the school’s partnership with the local community college.
    oregonlive, 21 June 2023
  • There are separate $3,000 academic bonuses for meeting team APR and grade point milestones.
    oregonlive, 15 June 2020
  • Exposure to two short, low-cost online programs led to higher grades for lower-achieving ninth graders (the average improvement was 0.1 grade point).
    Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The same study showed these students maintained a grade point average of 3.0, and 87% of graduates secured a full time job or admissions into a graduate program.
    Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 10 June 2024
  • Teachers may offer the curriculum, but the class will not be weighted the same on students’ grade point averages as other AP courses offered in the state, the Arkansas Times reported.
    Char Adams, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The report found that hundreds of students were failing basic classes such as English and math, with the top grade point averages at Augusta Fells hovering at 0.13.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The gap between them and their white classmates narrowed and their grade point averages increased, particularly among the weakest students.
    Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2010
  • One common string: a student may have to maintain a certain grade point average to get their merit scholarship renewed each year or semester.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The two new designations would not factor into students' grade point averages.
    Devi Shastri, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The biggest beneficiaries of living on a campus were incoming freshmen with high-school grade point averages or ACT scores that put them in the bottom third of their class, according to the paper.
    Lisa Ward, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Recipients must be enrolled full-time, have declared a major, and maintained a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.5.
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • There had been discussion to allow athletes who transferred with at least a 3.0 grade point to become immediately eligible at their new school.
    Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 30 May 2018
  • As for what the future holds, both sisters completed law school last year, graduating with similar grade point averages, according to the statement.
    Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2022
  • An early study found that students on the course had higher attendance, grade point averages and credits, but, as with many other promising interventions, there was a risk the gains could be largely temporary.
    Nick Morrison, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Sumner High School -- which has faced declining enrollment, attendance and grade point averages -- was among them.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Madison, who has been selected as a team captain for his senior season, has a 3.5 grade point average and is considering studying human resources in college.
    Richard Davenport, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2023
  • To be considered, students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0, with no failing classes in the preceding three semesters in English, reading, math, science or social studies.
    Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Those in admissions at medical colleges are changing the thinking that one person is more deserving of an education than another based on their grade point averages or test scores.
    al, 14 June 2020
  • Kampus kudos: Five local students earned Youngstown State University’s president list with a perfect 4.0 grade point average for the spring semester.
    Jdumound, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Students transferring from those technical colleges need to have completed an associate degree with at least 60 credits, which is half the credit load of a four-year bachelor's degree, and maintained a 2.0 grade point average.
    Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024

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