How to Handle Courses with a Dropped Lowest Score Policy
Once the lowest grade is dropped, your gradebook shows the adjusted total. Enter that adjusted number — do not manually remove the score yourself.
Key rule: Let your gradebook calculate the dropped-score total; then enter that single overall number.
Calculation Steps for Courses with a Dropped Lowest Score Policy
- Get your overall running grade from your course management system.
- Confirm the final exam weight from your syllabus grading breakdown.
- Set your target based on degree requirements, financial aid minimums, or major prerequisites.
- Run the calculator and interpret: under 100% is achievable, over 100% means lower your target.
Frequently Asked Questions
Once the lowest grade is dropped, your gradebook shows the adjusted total. Enter that adjusted number — do not manually remove the score yourself.
The exact final exam weight from your syllabus — this drives the entire calculation.
Lower your target and recalculate. Ask your professor about extra credit or incomplete grade options.
Always enter the single running overall grade shown in your gradebook.
No — the formula is the same. Let your gradebook calculate the dropped-score total; then enter that single overall number..
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