Index Computation Formula

To learn to compute the cumulative index, assume that the accompanying table represents grades earned and proceed as follows:

Multiply the total number of credits for each grade by the quality points assigned to that grade and total the product obtained.
Total the number of credits attempted.
Divide the results obtained in Item One by the result obtained in Item Two. This number becomes the Lehman College cumulative index. The index must be computed to three decimal places. (See the accompanying table.)

Grade Symbols		Quality Points
A	Excellent	4.0
A-		3.7
B+	Good	3.3
B		3.0
B-		2.7
C+	Satisfactory	2.3
C		2.0
C-		1.7
D+*	Poor	1.3
D*		1.0
F*****	Failure	0.0
P	Pass	-
NC**	No Credit	-
NP	No Pass	-
R**	Course must be repeated until minimum level of proficiency is attained	-
INC***	Incomplete	-
FIN	An incomplete that has been turned to an F	0.0
W	Withdrawal without Penalty	-
WD	Withdrawal Drop	-
WN	Never Attended	0.0
WU****	Unofficial Withdrawal	0
WF	Withdrawal with Penalty	0
AUD	Audited Course	-
Z	Registrar's grade when a grade sheet has not been submitted by the instructor	-
#	Repeat for better grade, removed from index	-
&	Repeat for better grade, remains in index	-
*	Repeat/Repeat of transfer credit/No credit when credit earned in XXX999	-

* Students, if they wish, may repeat, one time only, courses in which they have earned D grades. The D grade will stand, and the new grade will be averaged in the cumulative index, but the course will be credited only once.

**Undergraduate students may remove up to 16 credits worth of F penalty grades from their Grade Point Average by repeating the course in which the penalty grade was received and earned a grade of C- or better as long as the original penalty grade was earned in the Fall 1984 or thereafter and the course was repeated in the Fall 1990 or thereafter. The original F penalty grade remains on the transcript. If students repeat course(s) in which they have received a grade of C- or higher, the repeated course(s) will neither be credited nor counted in the students' total earned credits or cumulative indices.

*** The NC and the R are earned academic grades for courses in which the use of these grades have been approved. The NC or the R grade is given when a student has completed a course, but has not earned a minimum grade of C. In order to receive credit for a course in which an NC or an R grade has been earned, a student must retake and satisfactorily complete the course.

**** An Incomplete grade is turned to an FIN when the work has not been satisfactorily completed within the established deadline.

*****A grade of WN denotes that the student “NEVER ATTENDED.” The grade WN was issued as per “COA” (Commencement of Attendance Rosters) submitted by the faculty after the end of the third week of classes.

****** WU grades- Faculty may assign the grade of WU if the student attended at least once. This grade may be assigned to a student that “unofficially withdrew” (stopped attending; work performance cannot be evaluated to EARN a grade).

******* An F grade is a failure grade given to a student who completed the class and failed. This grade is assigned for work that in the judgment of the instructor does not deserve college credit.

Grade	Quality Points		Credits Attempted		Quality Points
A	4.0	x	6	=	24.0
A-	3.7	x	4	=	14.8
B+	3.3	x	3	=	9.9
B	3.0	x	2	=	6.0
B-	2.7	x	5	=	13.5
C+	2.3	x	3	=	6.9
C	2.0	x	2	=	4.0
C-	1.7	x	4	=	6.8
D+	1.3	x	3	=	3.9
D	1.0	x	3	=	3.0
F, WF, or WU	0.0	x	6	=	0.0
			41		92.8

Number of credits taken = 41

Division of 92.8 (sum of quality points) by 41 = 2.26 (index)

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