Complete guides to GWA in the Philippines how to compute your General Weighted Average, grade equivalents from 1.00 to 5.00, grading systems at Philippine universities, Dean’s List and Latin honors requirements, and GPA conversion for international applications. Updated 2026.
You are sitting at your desk, grade slip in your hand, staring at a row of numbers you do not fully understand. You know you passed most of your subjects. But you have no idea what your GWA actually is whether you made the Dean’s List, whether your scholarship is safe, or whether you are…
The first time you receive a Philippine college grade slip, the numbers feel backwards. A 1.00 is the highest grade you can earn. A 5.00 means you failed. A 3.00 barely gets you through. For a student used to thinking that higher numbers mean better performance, the Philippine grading system takes some getting used to…
A grade of 2.50 is one of the most misunderstood marks in the Philippine college grading system. Students who receive it sometimes panic, thinking they barely passed. Others receive it and wonder if it is good enough for the scholarship requirement they need to maintain. Still others are simply curious what 2.50 actually means in…
Every Filipino student who has ever applied for an international scholarship, a job at a multinational company, or a graduate program abroad has faced the same question: how do I express my GWA as a GPA? The two systems measure the same thing your overall academic performance but they do it in completely opposite directions…
GWA stands for General Weighted Average. It is the single most important academic number in the life of a Filipino student. Your GWA is what determines whether you qualify for a scholarship, whether you make the Dean’s List, whether you graduate with Latin honors, and in many cases whether you get the job you are…
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