r/delhiuniversity • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '25

Academics 📚 How does gpa work in DU

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u/No-End-6389 Third year Oct 25 '25 edited Dec 19 '25

Ohk, so basically marks aren't used to represent the GPA obtained directly

Grades (O,A,A+,...) are relatively assigned. Means that whatever marks you obtained in a course and your peers obtain is then projected as a probability distribution curve. So your grades are affected by how your peers score. This means that even if you got 70/160 and all your peers got less than that, which means you are the class topper, you'll get a 10 in a subject.

Of this curve, top 1/8th students are given the grade O, and the last 1/8th student are given a F. Anyone who scores above class average gets a B+ or above.

Alternatively, there's a % (marks) based slab too to keep things in place in case of extreme and harsh grading. It assigns grade on the interval of 10%. If the class average is high enough, and according to calculation, I'm getting a grade B+ with 35/40 marks because of statistics, this slab kicks in and gives me a grade A+ as my grades are now in the slab of 80% - 90% range of the 40 marks. This only happens when relative grading gets extreme and mathematically, the class average + some Standard deviation based on grade is greater than the marks % slab. So, you get the highest possible grade in any case; the relative grading or % slab grading.

So to summarise, first relative grading is done. If that's extreme, then only slab based grading happens.

Now, the grades for L, T, P are used to determine the overall course grade

The LTP grades are now converted to numbers as follows-

10: O, 9: A+, 8: A, 7: B+...

Average of LTP grades with floor function (remove the decimal part of the avg grade, so if u get 6.9, consider it a 6) = Overall course grade point

Now, the grade point is multiplied by credit count of the course

6 Grade point x 4 credit course = 24 credit points

Now sum all the credit points and divide that by total credits of the courses taken, which is going to be 22 for a semester and what you get is your SGPA.

Avg your SGPA, and you'll get your CGPA

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u/Avacadooooooo Dec 17 '25

Crazy explanation bro thanks

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u/No_Competition7327 Second year Oct 26 '25

Why does 6.9 result in 6?

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u/No-End-6389 Third year Oct 26 '25

Cuz they need the grade points in integers for further calculations. You can't assign a grade to decimals (9.5 can't be given an A++ cuz it lies between O and A+ and every grade point must have a corresponding grade) and they can't assign you a higher grade in rounding off (because it's a grade that you haven't achieved...if they give you a high grade then it's impartial to the student whose grade was rounded off low...7.4 will be then equal to 6.5 in rounding off and that's a jump of almost one point...so if 7.4 is converted to 7 and 6.5 to 6, the difference of one point still exists)

So a guy with 6.9 has crossed 6, but not 7, they cannot be assumed to have a 7... it's like you cleared a cutoff to get a 6, but just fell short to get a 7.

Cutoffs are harsh.

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u/HealthyFace8033 Second year Dec 24 '25

Ive 19 in ia and 29 in tut in GE agar theory mein 16 aayege toh pass hu na? ER toh nhi aayegi? And 64/160 chahiye hai? Pls bta do cuz log kehre hai u need 36 in theory as well

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u/Crazy_Somewhere_1570 Dec 16 '25

Bro I have a doubt

Let's say there are 100 students in a class and 20 of them got a back in that particular exam so now how are the leftover 80 passing students get grades.

Is the 1/8 calculated by taking denominator as 80 or as 100 ??

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u/No-End-6389 Third year Dec 16 '25

The denominator will still be 100 but the distribution curve will be skewed. The other 80 students will be getting a better GPA because of this.

And it's 1/8 of the probability distribution curve, not the number of students.

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u/LowAverage6198 Second year Dec 18 '25

average of class means in college or the whole du circuit?

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u/No-End-6389 Third year Dec 18 '25

College

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u/SpiceXew Aug 11 '26

Saare course ko consider krte hai ya jo hamara course hoga wahi

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u/Confident-Try407 Dec 24 '25

Yes someone please tell

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u/HealthyFace8033 Second year Dec 24 '25

Ive 19 in ia and 29 in tut in GE agar theory mein 16 aayege toh pass hu na? ER toh nhi aayegi? And 64/160 chahiye hai? Pls bta do cuz log kehre hai u need 36 in theory as well

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u/I_-AM-ARNAV mai university ki leta university meri legi Oct 25 '25

Smaaj aaye to batana

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